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The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service group has paid the first payment of $50,000 as part of their bug bounty program for researchers willing to aid in cybercriminality. The ransomware collective had announced in June that it will pay individuals who find exploitable vulnerabilities as well as bugs in the software it uses to maliciously encrypt files that […]

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In 2022, the most prevalent ransomware trends include double-extortion, supply chain attacks, ransomware-as-a-service, ransomware rebranding, and geo-political incited ransomware attacks. “Modern ransomware attacks require a single successful asset compromise to gain initial entry, move laterally, and breach the entire environment, making legacy VPN and flat networks extremely vulnerable,” said Deepen Desai, CISO of Zscaler. Read […]

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Dubbed Nerbian, the RAT is written in the Go programming language and packs numerous anti-analysis and anti-reversing features. The backdoor uses various open-source Go libraries for its operations and employs encryption routines that help it evade network analysis, Proofpoint says. Starting late April 2022, Proofpoint observed Nerbian RAT being distributed via phishing emails that claim […]

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