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Tennessee Community College Suffers Ransomware Attack

02

Feb

2022

Pellissippi State Community College is sending out notifications about a ransomware attack focused mainly on encrypting school data to force a ransom payment, the Tennessee Board of Regents said in a news release Tuesday. Pellissippi State did not pay a ransom, the Knoxville college said on its website. The college’s main database and credit card […]

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SolarMarker Malware Uses Novel Techniques to Persist on Hacked Systems

01

Feb

2022

In a sign that threat actors continuously shift tactics and update their defensive measures, the operators of the SolarMarker information stealer and backdoor have been found leveraging stealthy Windows Registry tricks to establish long-term persistence on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm Sophos, which spotted the new behavior, said that the remote access implants are still being […]

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This sneaky Microsoft Excel malware could put your organization at risk of attack

28

Jan

2022

Although Microsoft Excel has long been the go-to program for distributing malware among professionals, a new campaign discovered by experts at HP Wolf Security has taken it a step further. Based on an analysis of data from “the many millions of endpoints running HP Wolf Security”, the last 12 months has seen a 588% increase […]

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Tennessee Community College Suffers Ransomware Attack

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