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Trustwave

KAWA4096's Ransomware Tide: Rising Threat With Borrowed Styles

Jul 16, 2025 By Nathaniel Morales and John Basmayor In Trustwave
KAWA4096, a ransomware whose name includes "Kawa", the Japanese word for "river", first emerged in June 2025. This new threat features a leak site that follows the style of the Akira ransomware group, and a ransom note format similar to Qilin’s, likely an attempt to further enrich their visibility and credibility. In this blog post, we’ll share key insights from an analyzed KAWA4096 sample to uncover how this ransomware operates and what sets it apart.
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Pegasus Spyware Email Scam: How to Detect and Protect Yourself

Jul 15, 2025 By SafeAeon Inc. In SafeAeon
Among today's rising cyber threats, Pegasus spyware email has become one of the most famous names among the latest threats. Pegasus is a malware spy tool developed for extensive surveillance but has now been turned into the new wave of scams exerted by cybercriminals, especially through Pegasus spyware scam mails used to extort money from victims, claiming their devices had been hacked.
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Stop Ransomware Over SMB with Falcon Endpoint Security: Demo Drill Down

Jul 15, 2025 By CrowdStrike In CrowdStrike
Ransomware is evolving—and it's targeting your blind spots. Attackers now encrypt files remotely over SMB shares using stolen credentials and unmanaged systems, bypassing traditional defenses. CrowdStrike closes this gap with File System Containment, a powerful Falcon Endpoint Security feature that detects ransomware-style behaviors like mass encryption and blocks destructive file actions instantly—directly at the endpoint, without relying on cloud checks or process termination.
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HIPAA 2.0, Minimum Viable Hospitals, and Strategies for Cyber Resilience within Healthcare

Jul 15, 2025 By Rubrik In Rubrik
Welcome to the Data Security Decoded podcast, brought to you by Rubrik Zero Labs. In each episode, we discuss cybersecurity with thought leaders and industry experts, getting their take on trends, themes, and how they see data security evolving. This is a must-listen for security and IT leaders looking to better understand trends shaping data security and how they can achieve cyber resilience.
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graylog

A Beginner's Guide to Ransomware-as-a-Service (Raas)

Jul 14, 2025 By Jeff Darrington In Graylog
Over the last few years, news reports around ransomware attacks have noted that the attacks are increasingly sophisticated. Simultaneously, they say that the attackers are less sophisticated than in the past. While these two statements appear to conflict with each other, they are both true when viewed through the lens of the current cybercriminals business models.
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CrowdStrike

Stop Remote Ransomware Attacks with Falcon Endpoint Security

Jul 14, 2025 By Chris Prall In CrowdStrike
Ransomware is a rapidly evolving threat, with attackers increasingly turning to remote techniques that target network shares. To help defend against these tactics, CrowdStrike Falcon Prevent endpoint security includes a capability called File System Containment, which is precision-focused to block malicious file system actions over Windows Server Message Block (SMB) shares, halting encryption as soon as possible.
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Ransomware Strikes : The Final Conclusion (Part 4)

Jul 14, 2025 By VISTA InfoSec In VISTA InfoSec
Moving into the Final Chapter of Our Ransomware Series! You've made it through the critical first hour—great job! Now, the real work begins. In this video, we go into the after effects and solutions to what happens after the initial containment, including the importance of a solid Incident Response Plan, whether to pay the ransom, engaging experts, and the crucial steps to recover and harden your defenses.
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