Tag: ransomware
Medusa ransomware and its cybercrime ecosystem
Greek mythology says the Medusa was once a beautiful woman until Athena’s curse transformed her into a winged creature with a head full of snakes. Because of her power to petrify anyone who looked directly upon her face, she is...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Check Point’s flaw under active exploitation
A threat cluster dubbed “Green Nailao” is targeting European organizations, particularly in the healthcare sector, using Check Point Network Gateway Security vulnerability, CVE-2024-24919. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to mitigate your risk. What is the threat?...
2024 by the numbers
The threat landscape is always churning, with new threats emerging while others disappear or fade to irrelevance. Consider ALPHV, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that provided the infrastructure, tools, and administrative services to the individual hacker who ransomed $22 million from Change Healthcare...
Experts look back at 2024’s cybersecurity news
The year 2024 was full of cybersecurity news. It was a year of data breaches, ransomware, the rise of quantum computing, and much more. The only constant was change. As ransomware continued to wreak havoc, according to Security Intelligence, ransomware...
7 cybersecurity trends highlighting the case for managed XDR
As the digital threat landscape becomes increasingly sophisticated, managed service providers (MSPs) face mounting pressure to adapt their cybersecurity offerings. One of the most effective solutions available today is managed extended detection and response (XDR). This approach integrates multiple layers...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New ransomware variant to watch for
A new ransomware family, Ymir, has been discovered. It is an unconventional combination of memory management functions (like malloc, memmove, and memcmp) that executes malicious code directly in the memory. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to...
Threat Spotlight: How ransomware for rent rules the threat landscape
This year’s annual review of ransomware attacks looks at the threat from two perspectives. First, for the third year running we’ve taken a global sample of reported ransomware attacks and analyzed what they tell us about ransomware attackers and their...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: VMware ESXi flaw exploited by ransomware group
A VMware ESXi vulnerability, known as CVE-2024-37085, has been discovered and it is actively exploited by several ransomware groups. Review this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to limit the impact of this flaw. What is the threat? CVE-2024-37085 is an...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Play Ransomware expands
A new Linux variant of the infamous Play Ransomware, also known as Balloonfly and PlayCrypt, was recently discovered. This variant targets VMware ESXi environments, indicating a strategic shift by the threat actors involved. Review this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory for recommendations...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Veeam Backup vulnerability exploit
The Veeam Backup & Replication vulnerability, CVE-2023-27532, which was patched in March 2023 is still being exploited. Attackers have managed to exploit unpatched systems to launch ransomware attacks since April 2024. Barracuda MSP recommends reviewing this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory in...
