MSP News - March 4, 2022

Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Cyberattack and Kinetic Warfare Timeline

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, multiple cyberattacks have allegedly surfaced, and various cybersecurity warnings continue to emerge. The situation crystallizes how kinetic warfare (bombs, guns, bullets, etc.) is now fully intertwined with cyber warfare. By Joe Panettieri, I Mar 3, 2022 Read More

Microsoft Teams Grows As Cyberattack Vector

In the lasts two months, Avanan, a provider of enterprise-level cloud email and collaboration security, has seen “thousands of attacks per month” launched by threat actors dropping malicious executable files in Teams conferencing sessions. The files write data to the Windows registry, install DLL files and create shortcut links that allow the program to self-administer, according to a company blog post. By D. Howard Kass I Mar 1, 2022 Read More

Two Separate Ransomware Groups Attack One Healthcare Network

A ransomware attack on a Canadian healthcare organization in late 2021 saw two separate threat actors simultaneously inside a company’s network, one exfiltrating data and the other encrypting information, a new Sophos report said. Karma ransomware operatives demanded bitcoin payment in a ransom note and, less than a day later, Conti, which was simultaneously haunting the same network, encrypted it and the target’s data. Karma said it did not encrypt the exfiltrated data because its target was a medical facility. But Conti had no such modesty. By D. Howard Kass I Mar 1, 2022 Read More