Expect attackers to continue refining their tactics for maximizing profits via a grab bag of the same strategies, including forcibly encrypting systems and charging for a decryptor, stealing data and threatening to dump it, creating scary public personae, or a combination of the above. LockBit, which was disrupted this week by law enforcement, is one […]
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The novel variant of the banking Trojan Mispadu is targeting Latin American countries, especially Mexico, by exploiting a flaw in Windows SmartScreen. Researchers at Unit42 found the updated Trojan now exploits a Windows SmartScreen bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-36025 that Microsoft patched in November 2023. Eset first uncovered the Mispadu Stealer in 2019 and detailed […]
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The number of victims that ransomware groups posted on their data leak sites increased by 50% last year according to an analysis by researchers from Palo Alto Networks. Twenty-five new groups also appeared last year but some of them had a short life until they disbanded or rebranded. Noteworthy trends include the use of exploits […]
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