Monthly Threat Highlights Report

Insights from the cyber threat landscape - courtesy of WithSecure™ Countercept's own Threat Intelligence team.

Latest highlights

March 2022

- Okta LAPSUS$ Compromise
- Heightened Awareness of Russian Threat Activity
- Chinese backed actor APT41 attacks US government
- Initial access broker for Conti uses complex social engineering
- RANSOMWARE: Trends and Notable Reports

  • RURansom targets Russia
  • Advisory on AvosLocker
  • HermeticRansom can be decrypted
  • Sophos collates their ransomware research
  • An analysis of LockBit 2.0
  • Estonian imprisoned for connection with ransomware and cybercrime
  • - Other Notable Highlights in Brief

     

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    February 2022

    - RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT: Related cyber activity
    - SANDWORM: Using new malware Cyclops Blink
    - KARAKURT: A threat actor focused on extortion
    - DAXIN: A Chinese-linked espionage tool
    - RANSOMWARE: Trends and Notable Reports

  • Recovery of data encrypted by Hive ransomware
  • Joint advisory on ransomware
  • CONTI Leaks
  • - Other Notable Highlights in Brief

     

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    January 2022

    - UKRAINE: Defacements and WhisperGate Wiper
    - CISA: Russian Nation State Threats
    - Log4j: A Pervasive Library Vulnerability
    - SYSJOKER: New Backdoor Targets Windows, Mac and Linux
    - EARTHLUSCA: Financially Motivated Chinese Threat Actor
    - RANSOMWARE: Trends and Notable Reports

  • REvil Associates Arrested
  • Europol shutdown VPN Labservers
  • Other Ransomware Group Insights
  • - Other Notable Highlights in Brief

     

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