Emotet's final undoing comes two weeks after a similar FBI operation sent a kill command to hundreds of Microsoft Exchange servers, ordering web shells to delete themselves. But there are differences in subtlety and scope.
The latest fallout of ransomware attacks may involve stock manipulation, with one group openly coaxing stock traders to reach out and receive the inside scoop on the gang’s latest corporate victims, so they can short sell their stock before data is leaked and the news goes public.
Malware operators have also been adopting TLS for essentially the same reasons as legitimate companies: To prevent defenders from detecting and stopping the deployment of malware and data theft.
REvil – which has been on a tear the past several weeks – wants Apple to pay an undisclosed ransom by May 1 to “buy back” 15 stolen schematics of unreleased MacBooks and gigabytes of personal data on several major Apple brands they obtained from Quanta.
AIG is one of the top cyber insurance companies in the U.S. Today’s columnist, Erin Kennealy of Guidewire Software, offers ways for security pros, the insurance industry and government regulators to come together so insurance companies can continue to offer insurance for ransomware.
