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New LockFile ransomware gang uses ProxyShell and PetitPotam exploits

Security Affairs

The popular security expert Kevin Beaumont was one of the first researchers to report that the LockFile operators are using the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell and the Windows PetitPotam vulnerabilities to take over Windows domains. financial organization on July 20, 2021, with its latest activity seen as recently as August 20.

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Ransomware infected systems at Xchanging, a DXC subsidiary

Security Affairs

Xchanging is a business process and technology services provider and integrator, which provides technology-enabled business services to the commercial insurance industry. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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LockFile Ransomware uses a new intermittent encryption technique

Security Affairs

The popular security expert Kevin Beaumont was one of the first researchers to report that the LockFile operators are using the Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell and the Windows PetitPotam vulnerabilities to take over Windows domains. The HTA ransom note used by LockFile closely resembles the one used by LockBit 2.0 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Weekly podcast: banks, Thomas Cook, London cyber court and Facebook

IT Governance

The Bank of England, the PRA (Prudential Regulation Authority) and the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) have asked the UK’s banks and financial services firms to report on their exposure to operational risks, such as cyber attacks, and explain how they would respond to system failures, such as those recently faced by Visa and TSB.

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FCA Publishes Wholesale Banks and Asset Management Cyber Multi-Firm Review Findings

Data Matters

The review aimed to look more closely at how wholesale banking and asset management firms oversee and manage their cybersecurity, including the extent to which firms identify and mitigate relevant cyber risks and their current capability to respond to and recover from data security incidents.