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After the infamous Conti ransomware group was disbanded, its former members started to target energy and power sectors with a new unknown ransomware payload. The intelligence derived by Quick Heal researchers had already identified the Energy and Power sector...
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Enterprises are no longer safe from dangerous and expensive ransomware attacks in modern times. It can enter an organization through multiple vectors, such as email spam, phishing attacks, or malicious web downloads. For the highest level of protection, organizations...
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If you’ve been following the news recently, you’ll undoubtedly have read about cybersecurity incidents impacting corporations of all sizes in all industries around the world. While it doesn’t often make the news, even small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have...
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We generally see that ransomware attacks are deployed through exploits, unsolicited malicious emails (malspam), or malicious Microsoft Office documents. Attackers trick the unsuspecting users into enabling macros, etc. Apart from these usual attack techniques, we came across a new...
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In a recent event, Kaseya – the US-based software provider for MSPs and IT Teams has reported a worldwide Supply Chain Attack on July 2, 2021 taking advantage of US Independence Day as a leverage since the strength of...
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We are aware of an ongoing Supply Chain Attack affecting Kaseya VSA users. As per the recent update from Kaseya, the attackers were able to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in the VSA product to bypass authentication and run arbitrary command...
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The dangers of not timely patching enterprise systems were further highlighted with the news of the Black Kingdom ransomware in March end. This new strain of ransomware called “The Black Kingdom” started attacking Microsoft Exchange servers on March 18th...
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a far-reaching impact on the world as we know —it has also led to a huge increase in cyber frauds. Emboldened by the chaos and instability caused by the pandemic, threat actors have...
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Ransomware has come a long way in cyberspace by continuous improvement in its techniques and tactics in encrypting system files. Over the years ransomware has improvised itself by moving from PE to non-PE and standalone payloads, by using different...
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Microsoft recently warned its over 100,000 followers about the emergence of a new human-operated Java-based ransomware that has been involved in targeted attacks in the US, India and Iran. PonyFinal, the name of this malware, is an example of...