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Karakurt extortion group: Threat profile

June 14, 2022 admin accenture security, advanced intel, anydesk, chainalysis, cirt, cisa, cobalt strike, conti ransomware, cyber incident response team, cybercrime, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, diavol, diavol ransomware, dridex, evil corp., FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, filezilla, karakurt, karakurt extortion group, karakurt lair, karakurt team, kimberly goody, Mandiant, mega.io, mfa, Mimikatz, multi-factor authentication, ncc, ransomhouse, ransomware, ransomware syndicate, rclone, tetra defense, virtual private network, VPN, Wall Street Journal

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:00:29 +0000

An obscure group called Karakurt has extorted organizations in the US and elsewhere. Know how to keep it away from your network.

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Attackers linger on government agency computers before deploying Lockbit ransomware

April 12, 2022 admin anydesk, lockbit ransomware, MEGA, Mimikatz, ransomware, rdp brute forcer, rdp multi tool, ScreenConnect, security operations, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:30:45 +0000

Threat actors spent more than five months remotely googling for tools from the target’s machines

Security Sophos

Windows services lay the groundwork for a Midas ransomware attack

February 2, 2022 admin anydesk, dism, dismcore.dll, Midas, Powershell, ransomware, rapid response, teamviewer, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:30:13 +0000

Attackers took two months to craft and install PowerShell scripts as services before deploying the ransomware