Ransomware attacks have steadily escalated over the last year and a half. Newer attacks have focused on specific targets, demanded higher ransoms, and grown more advanced, targeted and difficult to spot. In early 2020, a new ransomware attack named Maze stole data from infected machines before locking them, giving the ransomware authors an additional revenue stream. … [Read more...]
Protecting Healthcare From Global Threats
This week, over 40 international organizations, led by the Red Cross, called for the end to cyberattacks on healthcare. While working to combat Covid-19 many healthcare providers have struggled with Ransomware and other cyber-attacks. These attacks prevent hospitals and care facilities from operating at 100% and likely cause harm if not death of some patients. "Above all, … [Read more...]
MedusaLocker Ransomware Will Bypass Most Antivirus Software
Last week we came across ransomware with unique evasion techniques in a new variant, or possibly a copycat, of the MedusaLocker ransomware. MedusaLocker ransomware, first seen in September 2019, came with a batch file to evade detection. Batch files contain script commands running in a Command Prompt on Windows machines and have the .bat extension. In the malicious … [Read more...]
Vulnerability Research Into VPN Software
Last week Jan Youngren from VPNpro wrote about several vulnerabilities his team found in the client software of various VPN service providers. He didn't investigate the protocols used for VPNs but looked at the rest of the software, like how they setup connections and install updates. Many VPN clients have a mechanism to connect back to the provider and retrieve … [Read more...]
Do You Trust Your Home Wi-Fi?
We’ve been talking a lot lately on how crucial it is for organizations to enable a Trusted Wireless Environment. Now that working remotely is our “new normal,” and not every company is able to send an AP225W wall plate access point home with everyone, we covered 5 tips that would keep remote workers safe and Wi-Fi hackers away in a previous blog, but here’s a refresher: … [Read more...]
