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FBI Shares Lockbit Ransomware Technical Details, Defense Tips The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released technical details and indicators of compromise associated with LockBit ransomware attacks in a new flash alert published this Friday. It also provided information to help organizations block this adversary’s attempts to breach their networks and asked victims to urgently
The Week in Ransomware – February 4th 2022 – Critical Infrastructure Critical infrastructure suffered ransomware attacks, with threat actors targeting an oil petrol distributor and oil terminals in major ports in different attacks. Earlier this week, German petrol distributor Oiltanking suffered a ransomware attack allegedly by the new ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation. Soon after, oil terminals in major
Microsoft Disables MSIX Protocol Handler Abused in Emotet Attacks Microsoft has disabled the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler exploited in malware attacks to install malicious apps directly from a website via a Windows AppX Installer spoofing vulnerability. Today’s decision comes after the company released security updates to address the flaw (tracked as CVE-2021-43890) during the December 2021 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft: Russian FSB Hackers Hitting Ukraine Since October Microsoft said today that a Russian hacking group known as Gamaredon has been behind a streak of spear-phishing emails targeting Ukrainian entities and organizations related to Ukrainian affairs since October 2021. Linked by Ukraine’s security (SSU) and secret (SBU) services to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the country’s