Palo Alto’s Unit 42 recently issued a threat assessment alert outlining a new, unique phishing scam that has been successful. The scam is believed to have been carried out by the Luna Moth/Silent Ransom Group and is targeting businesses in the legal and retail sectors. Unit 42 predicts that the scam is “expanding in scope.”
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Emerging Ransomware Groups Getting into the Action
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
According to a report issued on August 24, 2021, by Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats, four emerging ransomware groups “are currently affecting organizations and show signs of having the potential to become more prevalent in the future.”
The four emerging groups identified by Unit 42 include:
AvosLocker,…
Prometheus Ransomware Targeting Manufacturing Sector
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Since the Colonial Pipeline and JBS meat manufacturing security incidents, attention is finally being paid to the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure in the U.S. and in particular, the potential effect on day to day life and national security if large and significant manufacturers’ production are disrupted. In the wake of these recent incidents in…