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Category Archives: Malware

S3 Ep40: Kaseya breach, PrintNightmare 0-day, and hacking versus the law [Podcast]

July 8 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Law & order, Malware, Podcast, Privacy, Security, Vulnerability

Latest episode - listen now!

Details of the REvil Ransomware Attack

July 8 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Malware, Ransomware, Russia, Security, vulnerabilities, Zero-day

ArsTechnica has a good story on the REvil ransomware attack of last weekend, with technical details:

This weekend’s attack was carried out with almost surgical precision. According to Cybereason,...
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More Russian Hacking

July 2 2021 By Bruce Schneier in cybersecurity, Malware, Microsoft, Russia, Security

Two reports this week. The first is from Microsoft, which wrote:

As part of our investigation into this ongoing activity, we also detected information-stealing malware on a machine belonging...
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Colombian police arrest Gozi malware suspect after 8 years at large

June 30 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Law & order, Malware, Security

Safe at home, apparently, but not so safe overseas.

Mollitiam Industries is the Newest Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer

June 23 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Malware, Security

Wired is reporting on a company called Mollitiam Industries:

Marketing materials left exposed online by a third-party claim Mollitiam’s interception products, dubbed “Invisible Man” and “Night Crawler,” are capable...
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Re-Checking Your Pulse: Updates on Chinese APT Actors Compromising Pulse Secure VPN Devices

May 27 2021 By Daniel Pany in Dan Perez, Homepage Carousel, Latest Blog Posts, Malware, Sarah Jones, Security, Threat Research, TTPs, vulnerabilities

On April 20, 2021, Mandiant published detailed results of our investigations into compromised Pulse Secure devices by suspected Chinese espionage operators. This blog post...

Re-Checking Your Pulse: Updates on Chinese APT Actors Compromising Pulse Secure VPN Devices

May 27 2021 By Daniel Pany in Dan Perez, Homepage Carousel, Latest Blog Posts, Malware, Sarah Jones, Security, Threat Research, TTPs, vulnerabilities

On April 20, 2021, Mandiant published detailed results of our investigations into compromised Pulse Secure devices by suspected Chinese espionage operators. This blog post...

New Disk Wiping Malware Targets Israel

May 26 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Iran, Malware, Ransomware, Security

Apostle seems to be a new strain of malware that destroys data. In a post published Tuesday, SentinelOne researchers said they assessed with high confidence that based on the code...

Double-Encrypting Ransomware

May 21 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Malware, Ransomware, Security

This seems to be a new tactic:

Emsisoft has identified two distinct tactics. In the first, hackers encrypt data with ransomware A and then re-encrypt that data with ransomware...
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