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Maze: a short story of one of the most dangerous cyberthreats

Maze: a short story of one of the most dangerous cyberthreats

The Maze group has been one of the subtlest hacking group in recent history. Maze was a hacking group targeting organizations worldwide across many industries. It has recently announced the stop of its activity. Maze had developed a ransomware which encrypts the data of the devices infected Security experts believe that Maze had operated via a black-hat hacking community. There, its developers had shared their proceeds with various groups that had deployed Maze in organizational networks. The damage made by Maze did not limit to violation of a given system, regrettably. Maze has proved  for taking advantage of assets in one network to move laterally to other networks. What made […]

Business data loss: a nightmare for companies

Business data loss: a nightmare for companies

Business data loss can be detrimental for businesses. Organizations – from small to medium-large – depend on technology when it comes to managing business operations and data storage. Unfortunately, technology is a double-edged sword. If digitization helps business management, a hacker attack can cause a loss of crucial data and information. Heavy financial losses and delays in operations are around the corner. We have covered these issues in our blog about the Campari case. A few numbers How real are these risks? It is estimated that 75% of SMBs have no data recovery plans in the event of a hostile event against their IT infrastructure such as ransomware, for example. […]

The double extortion technique: the Campari case

The double extortion technique: the Campari case

In recent weeks the Campari group has suffered a serious ransomware attack of the so-called “double extortion” technique. The damage would amount to two terabytes of stolen data, with attached the threat to publish it if the company does not pay $15 million. The attack and the reaction of the company The ransom was carried out by the Ragnar Locker criminal group that, using the same technique, struck Capcom about a month ago, threatening the publication or auctioning of data. The nature of the information stolen from Campari remains confidential, even if the well-known Italian company has admitted the possibility of a loss – not quantified – of personal data […]

Trying not to walk in the dark woods. A way out of the Maze

Trying not to walk in the dark woods. A way out of the Maze

After numerous ransomware attacks since its appearance in May 2019, the popular Maze Team recently claimed the end of its criminal activity through a press release on its Dedicated Leak Site. The Maze Team is responsible for the development and maintenance of Maze Ransomware, one of the most advanced and infamous piece of malware in today’s threat landscape, and has been the first adversary to adopt the Double Extortion technique, which allows attackers to maximize their chance of making profit asking ransom payment both from operation recovering and from avoiding the disclosure of stolen data. Indeed, while for a period of time other threat actors had only threatened to release […]

Enisa report 2020: the pandemic’s effect on cybersecurity

Enisa report 2020: the pandemic’s effect on cybersecurity

Enisa (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) has recently published the eighth edition of its Threat Landscape Report (ETL) on cyber threats registered in the period between January 2019 and April 2020, describing the evolution of the current cybersecurity scenario in Europe and emphasizing in particular the serious effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on the sector. Overview of the Enisa 2020 report The new ETL-Enisa Threat Landscape 2020 report was produced with the support of the European Commission and EU Member States. The content of the ETL report is primarily based on literature available from open sources, such as articles, expert opinions, intelligence reports, security incident analysis and research reports, […]

Ransomware: a threat to the present and the future

Ransomware: a threat to the present and the future

Ransomware has become an increasingly prominent threat to cyberspace security globally and the recent statistical data collected would seem to confirm this trend also for the years to come. What is ransomware and how it works The term “ransomware” refers to a type of malware that limits access to the device it infects, requiring a ransom to be paid to remove the limitation. Some forms of ransomware, for example, block the system and order the user to pay to unlock it, whereas others encrypt the user’s files instead, asking the user to pay a sum to make the files readable again. There are of course many variations of ransomware, but […]

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