A week in security (February 6 – 12)

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Tags: VMware ESXi

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Tags: LockBit ransomware

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Tags: GoAnywhere

Tags: Ryuk

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The most interesting security related news from the week of February 6 to 12.

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Ryuk ransomware laundering leads to guilty plea

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Tags: ryuk

Tags: ransomware

Tags: guilty

Tags: encrypt

Tags: ransom

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: bitcoin

We take a look at a guilty plea made in relation to Ryuk ransomware proceeds, and how you can best protect yourself from the threat of ransomware.

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Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:41:08 +0000

Conti — one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups — publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new information confirms this pledge was always a lie, and that Conti has launched more than 200 attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities since first surfacing in 2018 under the name “Ryuk.”

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The Ransomware Threat Intelligence Center

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

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part II: The Office

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:49:52 +0000

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti, one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments. In Part II of this series we’ll explore what it’s like to work for Conti, as described by the Conti employees themselves.

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TrickBot takes down server infrastructure after months of inactivity

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:15:31 +0000

After months of spam silence, TrickBot has pulled the plug on its server infrastructure. Is this the end of an era?

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Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

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.

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Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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