The Institute for Security and Technology’s Ransomware Task Force threw cold water on the need for a ransomware payment ban in a report released Wednesday. The nonprofit Institute for Security and Technology rejects the viability of a ransom payment ban for multiple reasons, including: Concerns about a ban’s impact on ransom payment reporting by victims. […]
First cc.bat for reconnaissance Once the scheduled task is triggered, a previously deployed batch file, %System%cc.bat, is executed in the remote machine. Based on our telemetry, this batch file launches commands to gather system information. Among the commands executed are: powershell.exe -command “Get-NetAdapter |select InterfaceGuid” arp -a ipconfig /all fsutil fsinfo drives query user net […]
The Joint Ransomware Task Force aims to enhance collaboration to identify ransomware groups and drive a comprehensive government and societal response to protect critical infrastructure and businesses.
The Federal Communications Commission’s privacy and data protection task force will begin partnering with four state governments to strengthen enforcement investigations and pool resources, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced Wednesday. The attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania signed a memorandum of understanding with the FCC to cement the partnership. Federal and state […]
Employee offboarding is no one’s favorite task, yet it is a critical IT process that needs to be executed diligently and efficiently. That’s easier said than done, especially considering that IT organizations have less visibility and control over employees’ IT use than ever. Today, employees can easily adopt new cloud and SaaS applications whenever and […]