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Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
Microsoft coined the term “human-operated ransomware” to clearly define a class of attack driven by expert humane intelligence at every step of the attack chain and culminate in intentional business disruption and extortion. In this blog, we explain the ransomware-as-a-service affiliate model and disambiguate between the attacker tools and the various threat actors at play during a security incident.
·microsoft.com·
Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard to Accelerate Availability of Passwordless Sign-Ins
Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard to Accelerate Availability of Passwordless Sign-Ins
Faster, easier and more secure sign-ins will be available to consumers across leading devices and platforms  Mountain View, California, MAY 5, 2022  – In a joint effort to make the web […]
·fidoalliance.org·
Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard to Accelerate Availability of Passwordless Sign-Ins
Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn
Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn
Microsoft has discovered several vulnerabilities, collectively referred to as Nimbuspwn, that could be chained together, allowing an attacker to elevate privileges to root on many Linux desktop endpoints. Leveraging Nimbuspwn as a vector for root access could allow attackers to achieve greater impact on vulnerable devices by deploying payloads and performing other malicious actions via arbitrary root code execution.
·microsoft.com·
Microsoft finds new elevation of privilege Linux vulnerability, Nimbuspwn
When coin miners evolve, Part 1: Exposing LemonDuck and LemonCat, modern mining malware infrastructure
When coin miners evolve, Part 1: Exposing LemonDuck and LemonCat, modern mining malware infrastructure
In this two-part blog series, we expose a modern malware infrastructure and provide guidance for protecting against the wide range of threats it enables. Part 1 covers the evolution of the threat, how it spreads, and how it impacts organizations. Part 2 is a deep dive on the attacker behavior and will provide investigation guidance.
·microsoft.com·
When coin miners evolve, Part 1: Exposing LemonDuck and LemonCat, modern mining malware infrastructure
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
The activity we have observed has been attributed to a threat group that Microsoft tracks as DEV-0537, also known as LAPSUS$. DEV-0537 is known for using a pure extortion and destruction model without deploying ransomware payloads.
·microsoft.com·
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft's Official Store
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft's Official Store
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft’s Official Store
·research.checkpoint.com·
New Malware Capable of Controlling Social Media Accounts Infects 5,000+ Machines and is actively being Distributed via Gaming Applications on Microsoft's Official Store