Category: Threat Research

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Windows services lay the groundwork for a Midas ransomware attack

Attackers took two months to craft and install PowerShell scripts as services before deploying the ransomware

Log4Shell: No Mass Abuse, But No Respite, What Happened?

Sophos reviews the scanning and attack detections for Log4Shell to see what’s really going on

First Patch Tuesday of 2022 repairs 102 bugs

Critical bugs fixed in Exchange, Office, and graphics subsystems–plus a few unexpected products

Avos Locker remotely accesses boxes, even running in Safe Mode

Infections involving this relatively new ransomware-as-a-service spiked in November and December