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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Krebs on Security

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. ” they wrote.

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StrelaStealer targeted over 100 organizations across the EU and US

Security Affairs

The campaign targeted organizations in many sectors, including the high-tech, finance, legal services and manufacturing industries. The infection chain was continuously updated, current StrelaStealer version is distributed via spear phishing emails containing a ZIP file attachment.

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Spotting RATs: Delphi wrapper makes the analysis harder

Security Affairs

Experts observed an increase of the malware spreading using less-known archive types as dropper,in particular ISO image.Delphi wrapper makes analysis harder. Technical Analysis. Phishing email content. As expected, the malicious payload is stored in the resource section in encrypted way (probably using a simple XOR-encryption).

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Group-IB detects a series of ransomware attacks by OldGremlin

Security Affairs

Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. The operators use a suite of custom tools with the ultimate goal of encrypting files in the infected system and holding it for a ransom of about $50,000.

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Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services

eSecurity Planet

Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. The focus is on recovering deleted and encrypted files as quickly as possible. Determines the initial vector of infection, where your current data backups are, and the sensitivity of encrypted files. Data is recovered remotely or returned on encrypted media.

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Earth Empusa targets minority group with Android ActionSpy spyware

Security Affairs

The spyware leverages a sequence of iOS exploits in the wild since 2016 , since April 2020 ActionSpy is being spread via several pages distributed in the wild via phishing emails disguised as a download page of an Android video application that is popular in Tibet. ” continues the analysis.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Incident details: The company found that data on its network had been encrypted without its knowledge. Records breached: 91,000 individuals affected. The attackers demanded $1.9