Month: October 2020

Top Software Testing Services

CONTI Ransomware explained: How it works and how to defend it

CONTI is malicious software categorized as ransomware. Systems infected with this malware have their data encrypted and request a ransom for decryption to the victims. All the affected files are appended with the “.CONTI” suffix during the encryption process. For instance, a file originally called “Example.jpg” will appear as “Example.jpg.CONTI” following encryption. A text file…
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Federal Agency Compromised by Malicious Cyber Actor

Investigation on a recent malware attack by a threat actor on the corporate network of a federal organization has been released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).  The cyber threat attacker leveraged compromised credentials to install sophisticated malware, including multi-stage malware that evaded the anti-malware security of the…
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Operation SideCopy: Cyber Espionage targeting Indian Army – The Hack Report

Quick Heal researchers warn the government of a new cyber attack suspected to be routed by Pakistan based APT-31 and backed by China.Seqrite, Quick Heal’s threat intelligence group, recently found evidence of an Advanced Persistence Threat(APT) against the Indian Army and allied forces. The operation is dubbed as “Operation SideCopy.”The operation is said to be…
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