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Credit to Author: Katie McCafferty| Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

In recent months, Microsoft has detected active ransomware and extortion campaigns impacting the global education sector, particularly in the US, by a threat actor we track as DEV-0832, also known as Vice Society.

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MalwareBytes Security

October 24, 2022 admin

A week in security (October 17 – 23)

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The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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QuickHeal Security

October 21, 2022 admin

Are Malware operators using NSIS Installers to bombard Stealers and avoid detection?

Credit to Author: Tejaswini Sandapolla| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:01:28 +0000

Threat actors have been using new techniques to hide their codes and avoid detection in every manner….

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MalwareBytes Security

October 19, 2022 admin

Ransomware attack freezes newspaper printing system

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Stimme Mediengruppe, a German media group, halted production of printed newspapers after a ransomware attack on Friday.

MalwareBytes Security

October 19, 2022 admin

DeadBolt ransomware gang tricked into giving victims free decryption keys

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With the idea provided by an incident response company, Dutch police used a clever trick to get 150 DeadBolt ransomware decryption keys for free.

Microsoft Security

October 18, 2022 admin

Defenders beware: A case for post-ransomware investigations

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) details a recent ransomware incident in which the attacker used a collection of commodity tools and techniques, such as using living-off-the-land binaries, to launch their malicious code.

The post Defenders beware: A case for post-ransomware investigations appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

QuickHeal Security

October 17, 2022 admin