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FBI Takes Down Russian GRU Sandworm Botnet: What You Need To Know

The FBI obtained a court order to remove Russian botnet malware from firewall devices from thousands of victims. Here's what you need to know.

April 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The FBI and a contingent of U.S. agencies and cybersecurity professionals have removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices to remove the Russian-implanted botnet Sandworm and disable the command and control infrastructure on thousands of underlying victim devices. Via a court order, the FBI “copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm […]

Report: Ransomware Attacks Fall as Groups Restructure

New analysis from NCC Group suggests that despite a drop in the number of ransomware attacks, new threat actors are emerging.

September 27, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

New analysis from NCC Group suggests that despite a drop in the number of ransomware attacks, new threat actors are emerging and older ones are evolving. According to the company’s Global Threat Intelligence team, the number of ransomware attack victims dropped 19% in August, from 198 to 160 reported incidents, continuing a trend from July, […]

This Week in IT: macOS Bug, New Google Cloud Offerings, Phishing Attacks, Autopatch, and More

Security research, threat trends and the general availability of Microsoft's AutoPatch highlight this week's IT news.

July 14, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you this curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Microsoft Discovers macOS App Sandbox escape bug Microsoft says it […]

SentinelOne Leads MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® with 100% Prevention, Detection, and Highest Scores

April 1, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Singularity XDR Leads for Third Consecutive Year Delivering Superior Visibility and Automation MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SentinelOne (NYSE: S), an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, released its results from the fourth round of MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® evaluations. SentinelOne is the only vendor to score highest among analytic detections for three consecutive years. Out of the 30 vendors […]

Cynet Announces Results in 2022 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Enterprise Evaluations

April 1, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ATT&CK Evaluations Emulate Wizard Spider and Sandworm Threat Groups BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cynet, the world’s first autonomous breach protection platform, today announced the results of its completed MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluation for the Cynet 360 AutoXDR™ platform. This round of independent ATT&CK Evaluations for enterprise cybersecurity solutions emulated the Wizard Spider and Sandworm threat groups, highlighting results […]

MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations Announces Results from Fourth Round of Enterprise Evaluations

March 31, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ATT&CK Evaluations Emulate Wizard Spider and Sandworm Threat Groups MCLEAN, Va., & BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations (Evals), a program of MITRE Engenuity™, MITRE’s tech foundation for public good, today released its fourth round of independent ATT&CK Evaluations for enterprise cybersecurity solutions, highlighting results across 30 vendors. MITRE Engenuity helps government and industry combat […]

Russian Military Hackers Have Exploited an Email Software

NSA announces that a group of Russian hackers called the Sandworm team have breached a vulnerability in the email software Exim Mail Transfer Agent.

May 29, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

A group of hackers affiliated with the Russian government has exploited flaws in an email software, according to the National Security Agency. Their recent advisory said the group, called “Sandworm team,” is a part of Russia’s military intelligence agency that exploited a vulnerability in Exim Mail Transfer Agent  since last August. More from a recent […]