PowerWare Ransomware Masquerades as Locky to Intimidate Victims

A new variant of the PowerWare ransomware is stealing street creds from the Locky strain of ransomware in an attempt to spoof the malware family. A new sample of PowerWare found by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 reveals the ransomware’s quickly evolving tactics. According to researchers, a new versi...

PowerWare Ransomware Uses PowerShell for Fileless Infections

Attackers are not through testing the limits of what they can do with new features in ransomware samples. That latest found in the wild is called PowerWare and it was discovered a week ago targeting a company in the healthcare industry, researchers at Carbon Black told Threatpost. What sets...

X-format Communications Protocol (XCP) Detection

The remote service supports the X-format Communications Protocol XCP, commonly used to monitor Eaton-/Powerware-branded UPSes. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid44329; scriptversion"1.5"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2019/11/22"; scriptnameenglish:"X-format...