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Automotive Industry Faces Increased Cyberattacks
Recent ransomware attacks have severely impacted the automotive industry, disrupting car and parts availability, dealership operations, and global economies.
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FIN7 Return Drives Increase in Cl0p Ransomware Attacks
FIN7 resumed operations in April 2024, fueling a rise in Cl0p ransomware attacks. Their partnership poses a heightened threat, using malvertising and trojans to target victims.
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Malware Spotlight: Fog Ransomware
The Fog ransomware group is one of the few threat actors targeting one industry: education. This spotlight explores the group’s observed behavior, background information on the threat actor, and a technical analysis of Fog’s ransomware executable.
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Threat Actors Exploiting New ESXi Vulnerability
Explore the critical need to secure your network from VMware ESXi vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2024-37085, exploited by ransomware groups. Learn best practices to protect your virtual environment and prevent unauthorized access.
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RansomHub: An Emerging Ransomware-as-a-Service
RansomHub has attacked over 75 victims, believed to be a rebrand of Knight ransomware. Exploiting Windows ZeroLogon, they target high-profile entities like Frontier, Christie's, and Change Healthcare. RansomHub aggressively monetizes its attacks.
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ALPHV/BlackCat Disruption: Operations Resume
Despite law enforcement’s disruption to ALPHV/BlackCat’s infrastructure in December 2023, the group has since resumed operations.
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Law Enforcement Actions Leave ALPHV/BlackCat Scrambling to Salvage Operations
Through a coordinated law enforcement effort spearheaded by the FBI, ALPHV/BlackCat infrastructure was disrupted on December 7, 2023, in an operation publicly announced on December 19, 2023.
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What To Do When A Hacker Encrypts Your Data
What should your first step be when a hacker cracks your system? Evgueni Erchov, Arete's head of security research & strategy shares insight with Risk & Insrance's Autumn Demberger.
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Surtr Ransomware Pays Tribute to REvil
Surtr ransomware, a significant 2022 cyber threat, paid tribute to the now defunct REvil (aka Sodinokibi) group through its sophisticated techniques, although the developers of Surtr ransomware likely do not have a direct connection to REvil.
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Cybersecurity in the Age of Ransomware. It’s More Than Simply Having Insurance.
In many ways, cybersecurity insurance is not so different from car or home insurance.
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Fool Us Once … BlackMatter Initial Access Tactics Point to a Possible REvil Association
Arete observed an overlap between a recent BlackMatter case and a Q1 2021 REvil case.
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BY ARETE CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE TEAM PYSA is the newest variant of the Mespinoza Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) family, which was first observed infecting victims in the wild in December 2019. PYSA is likely a reference to the open-source web…
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