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Ransomware Archive

BEC and Ransomware attacks increase during the pandemic

BEC and Ransomware attacks unsettle businesses globally.

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

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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January 22, 2021

Thanos Ransomware Evading Anti-ransomware Protection With RIPlace Tactic

Thanos Ransomware adopts hyper-weaponized RIPlace tactics — collects huge pay-offs.

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

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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November 18, 2020

PonyFinal Ransomware dubbed by many as the modern-day Trojan horse.

Hackers ransack businesses by riding on the modern-day Trojan Horse.

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

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...
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August 26, 2020

Hackers steal e-commerce databases, demand Bitcoin as ransom.

Ransomware attacks rise on e-commerce servers — Bitcoin expected as ransom.

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

E-commerce platforms have always been a favourite target for hackers. The recent months have brought into attention a new campaign by malicious hackers to penetrate insecure servers of e-commerce platforms, steal their databases and then demand Bitcoin to return...
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July 16, 2020

Snake Ransomware brings impending doom to enterprise networks

Snake ransomware stings to spread its venom in the veins of enterprise networks.

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

New targeted ransomware called SNAKE or EKANS was found in early January. Malware is written in the Go language and it is heavily obfuscated and goes after ICS environments. Snake Ransomware seems to be distributed via a focused and...
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July 10, 2020

Maze ransomware continues to induce maximum mayhem for the enterprise

Maze Ransomware Draconian deceit and a lot more.

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Maze is a recently highlighted ransomware among the ever-growing list of ransomware families. The ransomware is active from the past one year, although it came into limelight due to its new approach of publishing sensitive data of infected customers...
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June 18, 2020

Anti-Ransomware software is not a data backup solution!

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Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Over 30,000 customers across the globe rely on Seqrite’s cutting-edge Anti-Ransomware capabilities to protect businesses from being taken as hostages by hackers. Quick Heal, the parent company of enterprise cybersecurity brand Seqrite, had predicted ransomware to be the menace...
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December 13, 2019

Ransomware As A Tool – LockerGoga

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Ransomware authors keep experimenting with the development of payload in various dimensions. In the timeline of ransomware implementations, we have seen its evolution from a simple screen locker to multi-component model for file encryption, from novice approach to a...
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July 3, 2019

What is Emotet?

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Emotet malware was first identified in 2014 as Banking trojan. Emotet has evolved from banking trojan to threat distributor till now. It has hit many organizations very badly in 2018 with its functionalities like spamming and spreading. Further with...
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May 21, 2019

CVE-2019-0708 – A Critical “Wormable” Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows RDP

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

This is an important security advisory related to a recently patched Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Service (RDP). The vulnerability is identified as “CVE-2019-0708 – Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”. MSRC blog mentions...
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May 17, 2019
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