Microsoft, with the help of cybersecurity firm Fortra and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), have taken legal and technical action to prevent the abuse of Cobalt Strike, a post-exploitation tool designed by Fortra for adversary simulation. Despite Fortra's efforts to prevent abuse by verifying the customers it sells to, threat actors have found
Backed by the threat actor tracked variously as Gold Tahoe and TA505, the Clop ransomware operation hit new ‘heights’ of activity last month, according to researchers.
German police said Monday they have disrupted a ransomware cybercrime gang tied to Russia that has been blackmailing large companies and institutions for years, raking in millions of euros. Working with law enforcement partners including Europol, the FBI and authorities in Ukraine, police in Duesseldorf said they were able to identify 11 individuals linked to…