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tripwire

LockBit Ransomware Gang Breached, Secrets Exposed

May 9, 2025 By Graham Cluley In Tripwire
Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. Yes, it's hard to feel too much sympathy when a group of cybercriminals who have themselves extorted millions of dollars from innocent victims have found themselves dealing with their own cybersecurity problem. And that's just what has happened to the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, which has been given a taste of its own medicine.
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netskope

New DOGE Big Balls Ransomware Tools in the Wild

May 7, 2025 By Leandro Fróes In Netskope
During the Netskope Threat Labs hunting activities, we came across a payload that led us to a multi-stage chain involving several custom PowerShell scripts, open source tools (such as Mimikatz and Rubeus), vulnerable drivers being exploited, and red team framework payloads (such as Havoc). After further investigation, we discovered these files were part of the arsenal of what seems to be an operator of a ransomware named “DOGE Big Balls,” a variant of the Fog ransomware.
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WatchGuard

GhostGPT, the new malicious chatbot and its impact on cybersecurity

May 7, 2025 By Ryan Estes In WatchGuard
At this juncture, it is no surprise that cybercriminals are leveraging the potential of generative artificial intelligence to strengthen their attacks. However, the emergence of new models specifically designed to generate threats quickly has made this task even easier for bad actors. At the end of 2024, researchers discovered a new AI chatbot created for cybercriminal purposes.
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aikido

RATatouille: A Malicious Recipe Hidden in rand-user-agent (Supply Chain Compromise)

May 6, 2025 By Charlie Eriksen In Aikido
On 5 May, 16:00 GMT+0, our automated malware analysis pipeline detected a suspicious package released, rand-user-agent@1.0.110. It detected unusual code in the package, and it wasn’t wrong. It detected signs of a supply chain attack against this legitimate package, which has about ~45.000 weekly downloads.
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What does it mean to be cyber resilient?

May 6, 2025 By Rubrik In Rubrik
Achieving should be a priority for all! Everyone needs to pull their weight when it comes to protecting the lifeblood of your organization: your data. Let’s take a new approach to cybersecurity, one that assumes that cyber attacks WILL happen. Resilience means being ready for anything! Learn more about what it means to be truly by checking out the link in our bio.
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Top 4 Cybersecurity Threats Facing Businesses Today

Top 4 Cybersecurity Threats Facing Businesses Today

May 6, 2025 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Keeping your business data safe is more important than ever. As more companies use technology and remote work grows, the risk of cybersecurity threats increases. No matter the size or small business can be a target. To stay safe, businesses need strong cybersecurity plans and must know what threats to watch out for. In this post, we'll look at the top cyber threats businesses face today and how to guard against them. Let's get started and learn how to protect your business from these risks.
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Arctic Wolf

Uptick in Ransomware Threat Activity Targeting Retailers in the UK

May 5, 2025 By Arctic Wolf Labs In Arctic Wolf
Between April and May 2025, several large UK retailers were impacted by security incidents which resulted in the disruption of their operations. Arctic Wolf is monitoring the threat landscape for new indicators of compromise related to Scattered Spider and DragonForce, and will alert Managed Detection and Response customers if any malicious activity is observed.
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Ep 8: Living Off The Land

May 5, 2025 By Rubrik In Rubrik
Cyber experts start getting called into electric, water, pipeline, railway, and transportation hubs around the country. Hackers have found a clever way to embed in these systems, using a small, unsuspecting device in everyday Americans’ homes. And once these hackers get in, they’re not dropping the usual malware, or sucking much of any data out. Unlike their predecessors, these hackers are very careful to cover their tracks. It appears they’re just lying in wait. Sleeper cells waiting for marching orders. So what’s the trigger? And what happens if they pull it?
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