Dridex bots deliver Entropy ransomware in recent attacks
Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:30:07 +0000
Some code used in the ransomware bear a resemblance to code used in Dridex malware, hinting at a common origin
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Cyberthreats during Russian-Ukrainian tensions: what can we learn from history to be prepared?
Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:04:23 +0000
A review of 15 years of activity designed to distract, confuse, deny, destablize, and divide
Read moreVulnerable Exchange server hit by Squirrelwaffle and financial fraud
Credit to Author: Tilly Travers| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:00:59 +0000
While Squirrelwaffle leveraged Exchange to spread malspam through hijacked email threads, one thread was spirited away by attackers to trick the target into a money transfer
Read moreRapid Response: The Squirrelwaffle Incident Guide
Credit to Author: Tilly Travers| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:00:10 +0000
Squirrelwaffle is a malicious dropper or loader used to deliver other malware onto target systems. This guide shows Security Operations Centers (SOCs) and Incident Response Teams how to detect and respond to the presence of Squirrelwaffle on the network
Read moreLog4Shell: How the Attackers’ Faces Have Changed Over Time
Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:34:16 +0000
Following an article on January 24, 2022 of Log4Shell scanning and attack detections since the bug was reported, Sophos addresses reader questions about who’s behind it all
Read moreSolarMarker campaign used novel registry changes to establish persistence
Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:00:30 +0000
Inserting custom file handling rules for a randomly-created file extension and a .LNK in Windows’ startup folder, malware installer created a stealthy persistence mechanism for backdoor.
Read moreThree good reasons to take a SD-WAN approach
Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:58:50 +0000
Software-defined wide area networks are an important part of your IT and cybersecurity landscape. Here’s how to take advantage of them.
Read moreRansomware attacks drive ZTNA adoption
Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:00:20 +0000
Organizations with recent direct experience of a ransomware attack have considerably higher adoption of zero trust network access (ZTNA) technology than those that haven’t fallen victim.
Read moreLog4Shell: No Mass Abuse, But No Respite, What Happened?
Credit to Author: Chester Wisniewski| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:52:07 +0000
Sophos reviews the scanning and attack detections for Log4Shell to see what’s really going on
Read moreMonero Interview: Shedding Light on the Coming 0.15 Upgrade and RandomX
Credit to Author: Darren Brazer| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:14:28 +0000
Monero, a leading privacy coin and top twenty cryptocurrency by market cap, is due to have one of its two scheduled upgrades this month. Monero 0.15 will bring it with it some new security and privacy features, a new proof-of-work algorithm called RandomX, and other changes. I spoke to Justin Ehrenhofer, the Monero Community Workgroup […]
Monero Interview: Shedding Light on the Coming 0.15 Upgrade and RandomX was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.
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