FBI warns of ransomware attacks against Food and Agriculture sectors

By Deeba Ahmed According to the agency, the impact of these ransomware attacks can be devastating for both small to big businesses. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI warns of ransomware attacks against Food and Agriculture sectors...

FBI warns of ransomware threat to food and agriculture

The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification PIN about cybercriminal actors targeting the food and agriculture sector with ransomware attacks. Farms are literally the first step in one of the most important, if not the most important, supply chain in our economy: The food supply chain. As...

Why Ransomware Hackers Love a Holiday Weekend

Looking forward to Labor Day? So are ruthless gangs of cybercriminals...

Active Exploitation of Confluence Server & Confluence Data Center: CVE-2021-26084

This attack is ongoing. See the Updates section at the end of this post for new information as it comes to light. On August 25, 2021, Atlassian published details on CVE-2021-26084, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. The vulnerability...

SANS Experts: 4 Emerging Enterprise Attack Techniques

In a recent report, a panel of SANS Institute experts broke down key takeaways and emerging attack techniques from this year’s RSA Security Conference. The long and short of it? This next wave of malicious methodologies isn’t on the horizon — it’s here. When it comes to supply-chain and ransomwar...

Translated: Talos' insights from the recently leaked Conti ransomware playbook

By Caitlin Huey, David Liebenberg, Azim Khodjibaev, and Dmytro Korzhevin. Executive summary Cisco Talos recently became aware of a leaked playbook that has been attributed to the ransomware-as-a-service RaaS group Conti. Talos has a team of dedicated, native-level speakers that translated these...

LockBit Jumps Its Own Countdown, Publishes Bangkok Air Files

After Bangkok Airways disclosed that it had been clobbered by a cyberattack last week, the LockBit 2.0 ransomware gang tossed its own countdown clock in the trash and went ahead and published what it claims are the airline’s encrypted files on its leak site. BleepingComputer posted an image shown...

BEC Scammers Seek Native English Speakers on Underground

Looking for work? Speak fluent English? Capable of convincingly portraying a professional – as in, somebody a highly ranked corporate leader would talk to? If you lack scruples and disregard those pesky things called “laws,” it could be your lucky day: Cybercrooks are putting up help-wanted ads,...

Feds Warn of Ransomware Attacks Ahead of Labor Day

Though lots of people might be taking some time off over the Labor Day weekend, threat actors likely won’t — which means organizations should remain particularly vigilante about the potential for ransomware attacks, the federal government has warned. Citing historical precedence, the FBI and CISA...

Security News: Exchange ProxyShell, Zoom RCE, Citrix Canceled PT Acknowledgments, Cisco No Patch Router RCEs

Hello everyone! This is a new episode with my comments on the latest Information Security news. Exchange ProxyShell I want to start with something about attacks on Exchange. ProxyShell is in the news, the LockFile ransomware compromised more than 2000 servers. On the other hand, there is basicall...

Bangkok Airways hit by Lockbit ransomware; leaks 103GB of data

By Waqas The Lockbit ransomware gang also claimed to have ''extra 200 GB'' worth of Bangkok Airways data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Bangkok Airways hit by Lockbit ransomware; leaks 103GB of data...

LockFile Ransomware Uses Never-Before Seen Encryption to Avoid Detection

Researchers discovered a novel ransomware emerging on the heels of the ProxyShell vulnerabilities discovery in Microsoft Exchange servers. The threat, dubbed LockFile, uses a unique “intermittent encryption” method as a way to evade detection as well as adopting tactics from previous ransomware...

New Microsoft Exchange 'ProxyToken' Flaw Lets Attackers Reconfigure Mailboxes

Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability impacting Microsoft Exchange Server that could be weaponized by an unauthenticated attacker to modify server configurations, thus leading to the disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information PII. The issue, tracked as...

FBI-CISA Advisory on Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and CISA released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA to urge organizations to ensure they protect themselves against ransomware attacks during holidays and weekends—when offices are normally closed. Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any...

LockBit Gang to Publish 103GB of Bangkok Airways Customer Data

The LockBit ransomware gang has apparently struck again, having purportedly stolen 103GB worth of files from Bangkok Airways and promising to release them tomorrow, on Tuesday. A Dark Web intelligence firm calling itself DarkTracer apparently a separate intel firm than the better-known DarkTrace...

LockFile Ransomware Bypasses Protection Using Intermittent File Encryption

A new ransomware family that emerged last month comes with its own bag of tricks to bypass ransomware protection by leveraging a novel technique called "intermittent encryption." Called LockFile, the operators of the ransomware have been found exploiting recently disclosed flaws such as ProxyShel...

How to stay secure from ransomware attacks this Labor Day weekend

Labor Day weekend is just around the corner and, believe it or not, cybercriminals are likely just as excited as you are! Ransomware gangs have nurtured a nasty habit of starting their attacks at the least convenient times: When computers are idle, when employees who might notice a problem are ou...

Ragnarok Ransomware Gang Bites the Dust, Releases Decryptor

Another cybercriminal gang notorious for ransomware attacks has shut down, publishing its decryptor online to allow victims unlock and recover files. The Ragnarok gang, also known as Asnarok, closed up shop this week, publishing the news to their public website, according to a post published...

‘Pay Ransom’ Screen? Too Late, Humpty Dumpty – Podcast

Systems actively encrypted? Are they showing a screen that says “pay the ransom?” Too late: At that point, you’re probably toast. A few options, none great: 1. The painful and problematic process of recovery-via-backups if you have them and they work. You’ve tested them, right? No? Sorry: You can...

Kaseya Issues Patches for Two New 0-Day Flaws Affecting Unitrends Servers

U.S. technology firm Kaseya has released security patches to address two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting its Unitrends enterprise backup and continuity solution that could result in privilege escalation and authenticated remote code execution. The two weaknesses are part of a trio of...