The operator of the Nokoyawa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), a threat actor known as 'farnetwork', built experience over the years by helping the JSWORM, Nefilim, Karma, and Nemty affiliate programs with malware development and operation management.
0Threat analysts at Sentinel Labs have found evidence of the Karma ransomware being just another evolutionary step in the strain that started as JSWorm, became Nemty, then Nefilim, Fusion, Milihpen, and most recently, Gangbang.
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Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
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The U.S. government has entered a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with three former intelligence operatives to resolve criminal charges relating to their offering of hacking services to a foreign government.
2Very busy ransomware week. We have two new ransomware infections being pushed out by exploit kits, some decryptors, and lots of small variants being released. The big news is the release of the master decryption keys for the CrySiS ransomware and Kaspersky's Rakhnidecryptor being updated to use them.
4A security researcher has discovered the Karma Ransomware, which pretends to be a Windows optimization program called Windows-TuneUp. What is worse is that this sample was discovered as software that would potentially be distributed by a pay-per-install software monetization company when people install free software they download.
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