Cybersecurity

DJvu ransomware Latest Variant Xaro Emerges in the Threat Landscape | Cyware Hacker News

A new variant of DJvu ransomware called Xaro has been observed leveraging malware loader delivered via cracked software for propagation. According to researchers at Cybereason, the new variant is being deployed alongside various commodity loaders and infostealers to infect systems. Infection flow The infection begins with the user downloading the archive file install.7z from an […]

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Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Scheme Spreading CACTUS Ransomware

Dec 04, 2023NewsroomRansomware / Cyber Attack Microsoft has warned of a new wave of CACTUS ransomware attacks that leverage malvertising lures to deploy DanaBot as an initial access vector. The DanaBot infections led to “hands-on-keyboard activity by ransomware operator Storm-0216 (Twisted Spider, UNC2198), culminating in the deployment of CACTUS ransomware,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team […]