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The Ransomware Threat Intelligence Center

March 17, 2022 admin active adversary, astrolocker, atom silo, avaddon, avos locker, black kingdom, blackmatter, conti, cring, darkside, dearcry, dharma, egregor, entropy, epsilon red, Featured, gandcrab, karma, lockbit, lockfile, maze, memento, Midas, nefilim, netwalker, python, ragnar locker, ragnarok, ransomware, rEvil, robbinhood, ryuk, SamSam, security operations, snatch, sophos threat report, WannaCry, wastedlocker

Credit to Author: Tilly Travers| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:13:50 +0000

A collection of Sophos threat research articles and security operations reports related to new or prevalent ransomware groups from 2018 to the present. The content will be updated as new research is published

Microsoft Security

Secured-core PCs: A brief showcase of chip-to-cloud security against kernel attacks

March 18, 2020 admin chip to cloud security, cve-2018-19320, cybersecurity, hypervisor-protected code integrity (hvci), kernel attacks, Microsoft Defender ATP, ransomware, robbinhood, secured-core pcs, virtualization-based security (vbs), Windows Defender System Guard

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:00:49 +0000

Secured-core PCs combine virtualization, operating system, and hardware and firmware protection. Along with Microsoft Defender ATP, Secured-core PCs provide end-to-end protection against advanced attacks that leverage driver vulnerabilities to gain kernel privileges.

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MalwareBytes Security

Threat spotlight: RobbinHood ransomware takes the driver’s seat

February 20, 2020 admin .enc_robbinhood, Anti-Ransomware, baltimore, bitcoin, greenville, Malwarebytes, ransom, ransom note, ransomware, ransomware rollback, robbinhood, Robbinhood ransomware, rollback, threat spotlight

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:09:03 +0000

RobbinHood a is a ransomware family that specifically targets organizations using a vulnerable kernel driver to prepare systems for encryption. Learn how to protect against it.

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (February 10 – 16)

February 18, 2020 admin a week in security, accusoft, CISO, coronavirus, Dell, emotet, Equifax, gigabyte, gridworks, helix, HOLLYWOOD, nude photos, online dating, robbinhood, state of malware report, xHelper

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:40:45 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security news, including Malwarebytes’ release of the 2020 State of Malware Report, online dating woes, Emotet infection vectors, ransomware attacks, and more.

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A week in security

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MalwareBytes Security

Radiohead’s ransom response shows novel approach for ransomware victims

June 25, 2019 admin Amazon, baltimore, bella thorne, Blackmail, City of Baltimore, coveware, Extinction Rebellion, extortion, Hail to the Thief, jeff bezos, Jonny Greenwood, Kara Swisher, National Enquirer, OK Computer, Radiohead, ransom, ransomware, robbinhood, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, Thom Yorke

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:20:30 +0000

Last week, British rock bank Radiohead thwarted an attempted digital ransom, in which unnamed hackers stole roughly 18 hours of unreleased music dating back to the band’s recording of its studio album OK, Computer, revealing some less-than-ok computer security (sorry).

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Ransomware

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MalwareBytes Security

Ransomware isn’t just a big city problem

May 31, 2019 admin adam kujawa, avoidance, backup, baltimore, baltimore ransomware, greenville, Malwarebytes, phishing, preparation, ransomware, ransomware avoidance, ransomware tips, robbinhood, robinhood, spear phishing

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The city of Baltimore has experienced a very public ransomware attack. But in a season of increasing ransomware detections among organizations, they’re not alone. See which cites have been most impacted by ransomware and what organizations can do to develop resilience against attacks.

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