Unmasking the new Chaos RaaS group attacks

Cisco Talos Incident Response Talos IR recently observed attacks by Chaos, a relatively new ransomware-as-a-service RaaS group conducting big-game hunting and double extortion attacks. Chaos RaaS actors initiated low-effort spam flooding, escalating to voice-based social engineering for access,...

8Base Ransomware Spikes in Activity, Threatens U.S. and Brazilian Businesses

A ransomware threat called 8Base that has been operating under the radar for over a year has been attributed to a "massive spike in activity" in May and June 2023. "The group utilizes encryption paired with 'name-and-shame' techniques to compel their victims to pay their ransoms," VMware Carbon...

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...

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It seems as though not a day goes by without a new story breaking about a high-level cyber attack on a major corporation or national government. Hackers are becoming increasingly adept at breaking through a variety of super-secure firewalls, and they're not just after the riches of Fortune 500...

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Recently many users reflect the computer in a blackmailer virus, also known as the“Locky ransomware”, the computer in documents, pictures and other important information is virus encryption. Such viral vectors for the js script by js script download remote server of the pe file, and that this pe...

Microsoft discontinues MD5 crypto for digital certificates to improve RDP Authentication

This week Microsoft has released several advisories to help their users update from weak crypto. Microsoft is beginning the process of discontinuing support for digital certificates that use the MD5 hashing algorithm and to improve the network-level authentication for the Remote Desktop Protocol...

RTS CryptoBuddy Multiple Encryption Implementation Vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 RTS CryptoBuddy Multiple Encryption Implementation Vulnerabilities Advisory Information Severity: High Risk Vendor: Research Triangle Software, Inc. Homepage: http://www.rtsz.com/ Advisory reported to vendor: February 2, 2003 Author: Michael Whitehead...