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Hospital ransomware: Gangs are back to target healthcare

November 3, 2020 admin bazarbackdoor, bazarloader, brian honan, cisa, conti, FBI, healthcare, HHS, ransomware, ransomware response checklist, ryuk, trickbot, uhs, uniklinikum, universal health services

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:50:03 +0000

With some countries and states heading back in to lockdown due to rising rates of COVID-19 infections, it seems horrible timing that hospital ransomware is back in the news.

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Ransomware

Tags: BazarBackdoor BazarLoader Brian Honan cisa conti fbi healthcare HHS ransomware Ransomware Response Checklist ryuk trickbot UHS Uniklinikum Universal Health Services

MalwareBytes Security

New Emotet delivery method spotted during downward detection trend

October 28, 2020 admin Botnet, Edward Snowden, emotet, Malwarebytes news, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, ransom.ryuk, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, trickbot, Trojan, trojan.emotet, Trojan.TrickBot

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:29:47 +0000

Emotet got a superficial facelift this week, hiding itself within a fake request asking users to update Microsoft Word to take advantage of new features.

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Malwarebytes news

Tags: botnet Edward Snowden emotet Microsoft Office microsoft word Ransom.Ryuk ryuk Ryuk ransomware trickbot trojan trojan.emotet Trojan.TrickBot

Microsoft Security

Trickbot disrupted

October 12, 2020 admin cybersecurity, dcu, Microsoft security intelligence, trickbot

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:00:07 +0000

Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet, disrupting one of the world’s most persistent malware operations. Microsoft worked with telecommunications providers around the world to take down key Trickbot infrastructure.

The post Trickbot disrupted appeared first on Microsoft Security .

Independent Krebs

Report: U.S. Cyber Command Behind Trickbot Tricks

October 9, 2020 admin alex holden, Hold Security, national security agency, Ne'er-Do-Well News, ransomware, The Washington Post, trickbot, u.s. cyber command

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:47:09 +0000

A week ago, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that someone was attempting to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, a malware crime machine that has infected millions of computers and is often used to spread ransomware. A new report Friday says the coordinated attack was part of an operation carried out by the U.S. military’s Cyber Command.

Independent Krebs

Attacks Aimed at Disrupting the Trickbot Botnet

October 2, 2020 admin alex holden, Hold Security, Intel 471, mark arena, ransomware, ryuk, The Coming Storm, trickbot, uhs, universal health services

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:20:26 +0000

Over the past 10 days, someone has been launching a series of coordinated attacks designed to disrupt Trickbot, an enormous collection of more than two million malware-infected Windows PCs that are constantly being harvested for financial data and are often used as the entry point for deploying ransomware within compromised organizations.

Microsoft Security

Microsoft shares new threat intelligence, security guidance during global crisis

April 8, 2020 admin coronavirus-themed threats, covid-19 themed attacks, cybersecurity, emotet, Incident Response, Microsoft security intelligence, phishing, Security Intelligence, Security Response, trickbot

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:00:02 +0000

Our threat intelligence shows that COVID-19 themed threats are retreads of existing attacks that have been slightly altered to tie to the pandemic. We’re seeing a changing of lures, not a surge in attacks. These attacks are settling into the normal ebb and flow of the threat environment.

The post Microsoft shares new threat intelligence, security guidance during global crisis appeared first on Microsoft Security .

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (March 16 – 22)

March 23, 2020 admin a week in security, apt36, awis, covid-19, emotet, fake news, money mule, monitorminor, phishing scam, romance scam, shadow iot, slack, stalkerware, trickbot, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, who, World Health Organization

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:44:58 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including COVID-19-themed threats, child identity theft, and securely working from home.

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A week in security

Tags: APT36 awis covid-19 emotet fake news money mule MonitorMinor phishing scam romance scam shadow IoT Slack stalkerware trickbot week in security weekly blog roundup WHO World Health Organization

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Microsoft Security

Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

March 18, 2020 admin cybersecurity, DoppelPaymer, dridex, Endpoint security, hands-on-keyboard, human-operated attacks, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft security intelligence, parinacota, ransomware, ryuk, Secure Score, Security deployment, Threat protection, trickbot, wadhrama

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:00:31 +0000

In human-operated ransomware attacks, adversaries exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.

The post Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster appeared first on Microsoft Security .

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