The Week in Ransomware – October 21st 2022 – Stop the Presses
Cybersecurity researchers did not disappoint, with reports linking RansomCartel to REvil, on OldGremlin hackers targeting Russia with ransomware, a new data exfiltration tool…
US govt warns of Daixin Team targeting health orgs with ransomware
CISA, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned that a cybercrime group known as Daixin Team…
List of Common Passwords Accounts for Nearly All Cyberattacks
Half of a million passwords from the RockYou2021 list account for 99.997% of all credential attacks against a variety of…
Venus Ransomware targets publicly exposed Remote Desktop services
Threat actors behind the relatively new Venus Ransomware are hacking into publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. [...]
Windows 11 22H2 breaks provisioning with 0x800700b7 errors
Microsoft says the Windows 11 2022 Update is breaking provisioning, leaving Windows 11 enterprise endpoints partially configured. [...]
Hundreds of Microsoft SQL servers backdoored with new malware
Security researchers have found a new piece of malware targeting Microsoft SQL servers. Named Maggie, the backdoor has already infected hundreds…
Cybercriminals See Allure in BEC Attacks Over Ransomware
While ransomware seems stalled, business email compromise (BEC) attacks continue to make profits from the ProxyShell and Log4j vulnerabilities, nearly…
Windows 10 KB5017380 preview update released with new FIDO2 features
Microsoft has released the optional KB5017380 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 20H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 21H2…
Russian Sandworm hackers pose as Ukrainian telcos to drop malware
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Sandworm has been observed masquerading as telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with…
Researchers Spot Snowballing BianLian Ransomware Gang Activity
The operators of the emerging cross-platform ransomware BianLian increased their command and control infrastructure this month, indicating an acceleration in…