Working from Home: COVID-19's Constellation of Security Challenges

As the threat of coronavirus continues to spread, businesses are sending employees home to work remotely, and students are moving to online classes. But with the social distancing comes a new threat – a cyber-related one. As organizations rush to shift their businesses and classes online,...

Coronavirus Tracking App is ransomware; locks phones for ransom

By Waqas A website has been found tricking users into downloading a Coronavirus tracking app on their Android phones which in reality is ransomware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Coronavirus Tracking App is ransomware; locks phones for ransom...

Suddenly Teleworking, Securely

So you suddenly have a lot of staff working remotely. Telework is not new and a good percentage of the workforce already does so. But the companies who have a distributed workforce had time to plan for it, and to plan for it securely. A Lot of New Teleworkers All At Once This event can't be treat...

Researchers Warn of Novel PXJ Ransomware Strain

Researchers have discovered a new strain of ransomware, dubbed “PXJ,” which emerged in the wild in early 2020. While PXJ performs functions similar to other ransomware variants, it does not appear to share the same underlying code with most known ransomware families, researchers said. They first...

Researchers Warn of Novel PXJ Ransomware Strain

Researchers have discovered a new strain of ransomware, dubbed “PXJ,” which emerged in the wild in early 2020. While PXJ performs functions similar to other ransomware variants, it does not appear to share the same underlying code with most known ransomware families, researchers said. They first...

Wormable, Unpatched Microsoft Bug Threatens Corporate LANs

UPDATE Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band patch to fix a SMBv3 wormable bug on Thursday that leaked earlier this week. The a patch for the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-0796, is now rolling out to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 systems worldwide, according to Microsoft. On...

Necurs Botnet in Crosshairs of Global Takedown Offensive

A New York State court issued an order this week giving Microsoft control of the U.S.-based infrastructure used by the notorious Necurs botnet in an effort to stop the world’s most prolific and globally dispersed spam and malware infrastructure. The move came after Microsoft and partners across 3...

Necurs Botnet in Crosshairs of Global Takedown Offensive

A New York State court issued an order this week giving Microsoft control of the U.S.-based infrastructure used by the notorious Necurs botnet in an effort to stop the world’s most prolific and globally dispersed spam and malware infrastructure. The move came after Microsoft and partners across 3...

Microsoft Hijacks Necurs Botnet that Infected 9 Million PCs Worldwide

Microsoft today announced that it has successfully disrupted the botnet network of the Necurs malware, which has infected more than 9 million computers globally, and also hijacked the majority of its infrastructure. The latest botnet takedown was the result of a coordinated operation involving...

Trend Micro Cloud App Security Blocked 12.7 Million High-Risk Email Threats in 2019 – in addition to those detected by cloud email services’ built-in security

On March 3, 2020, the cyber division of Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI issued a private industry notification calling out Business Email Compromise BEC scams through exploitation of cloud-based email services. Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite, the two largest cloud-based email service...

Variant of Paradise Ransomware Targets Office IQY Files

A new variant of the Paradise ransomware attacks rarely-targeted Microsoft Office Excel IQY files, providing a new and relatively inobtrusive way to infiltrate and hijack an organization’s network, researchers have found. Lastline Labs’ James Haughom discovered the variant in December in a spam...

Variant of Paradise Ransomware Targets Office IQY Files

A new variant of the Paradise ransomware attacks rarely-targeted Microsoft Office Excel IQY files, providing a new and relatively inobtrusive way to infiltrate and hijack an organization’s network, researchers have found. Lastline Labs’ James Haughom discovered the variant in December in a spam...

Next-Gen Ransomware Packs a 'Human' Punch, Microsoft Warns

Researchers are warning that “human operated” ransomware campaigns are growing more sophisticated, adopting new infection tactics and lateral movement techniques that traditional defense teams aren’t equipped to handle. Researchers said that “auto-spreading” ransomware – like WannaCry and NotPety...

Next-Gen Ransomware Packs a 'Human' Punch, Microsoft Warns

Researchers are warning that “human operated” ransomware campaigns are growing more sophisticated, adopting new infection tactics and lateral movement techniques that traditional defense teams aren’t equipped to handle. Researchers said that “auto-spreading” ransomware – like WannaCry and NotPety...

This Week in Security News: 10,000 Users Affected by Leak from Misconfigured AWS Cloud Storage and Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how the data of train commuters in the U.K. who were using the free Wi-Fi in Network Rail-managed stations was unintentionally...

Human-operated ransomware attacks: A preventable disaster

Human-operated ransomware campaigns pose a significant and growing threat to businesses and represent one of the most impactful trends in cyberattacks today. In these hands-on-keyboard attacks, which are different from auto-spreading ransomware like WannaCry or NotPetya, adversaries employ...

VMware Carbon Black Threat Analysis: FTCODE Ransomware

FTCODE is a fully PowerShell-based ransomware. It is distributed via malicious document files that contain macros or using VBScript to download and launch the malicious PowerShell script. FTCODE ransomware will scan a specific list of file extensions and encrypt them with Rijndael algorithm. Othe...

2020 Cybersecurity Outlook Report

In case you missed it, we are excited to release our latest report from the VMware Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU, the “2020 Cybersecurity Outlook Report”. In the search for clarity in the modern attacker vs. defender battle, it’s all about behaviors. More broadly, we explore the age-old...

DoppelPaymer Ransomware Used to Steal Data from Supplier to SpaceX, Tesla

A company that provides custom parts to aerospace giants Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and Boeing, has been the target of an attack by an emerging type of ransomware that can both encrypt files and exfiltrate data. Colorado-based Visser Precision said it was targeted by a “cyber incident” that involved...

Video: What defenders can learn from past ransomware attacks

The Cisco Talos Incident Response "Stories from the Field" video series returns with another entry from Matt Aubert. This time, Matt discusses ransomware infections he's seen in real-time, and shares what defenders can learn from others' mistakes and recovery. Is it ever smart to pay attackers'...