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Press and pressure: Ransomware gangs and the media

December 13, 2023 admin 8base, akira, alphv ransomware, blackcat, cl0p, conti, donut leaks, dunghill leak, Featured, karakurt, lockbit, losttrust, Media, metaencryptor, noname, play, ransomhouse, ransomware, rEvil, rhysida ransomware, royal, snatch, sophos x-ops, threat research, vice, wormgpt

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:00:25 +0000

Sophos X-Ops explores the symbiotic – but often uneasy – relationship between ransomware gangs and the media, and how threat actors are increasingly seeking to wrest control of the narrative

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Multiple attackers increase pressure on victims, complicate incident response

August 9, 2022 admin active adversary playbook, blackcat, conti, cryptominers, Featured, hive, iabs, karakurt, lockbit, ransomware, security operations, sophos x-ops, threat research

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 11:00:04 +0000

Sophos’ latest Active Adversary report explores the issue of organizations being hit multiple times by attackers

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Ransomware review: July 2022

August 4, 2022 admin 0mega, bianlian, blackbasta, cheers, conti, hive, july 2022, karakurt, lockbit, ransomware, redalert, Threat Intelligence, yanluowang

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:48:37 +0000

BlackBasta lined up behind LockBit as the second most prevalent ransomware in July, a number of new gangs appeared, and an old one reappeared

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Ransomware review: June 2022

July 1, 2022 admin alphv, conti, karakurt, lockbit, ransomware, Threat Intelligence

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 21:40:25 +0000

LockBit remained the most active threat in June, and “the costliest strain of ransomware ever documented” went dark while others surged.

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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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