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Researchers spot Medusa ransomware operators deploying smuol.sys This driver mimics a legitimate CrowdStrike Falcon driver ...

The BlackSuit ransomware is known to target schools, healthcare systems, law enforcement facilities and other critical ...

ESET uncovers a link between RansomHub, Play, Medusa, and BianLian ransomware gangs as more groups adopt tools to disable EDR software.

The Medusa ransomware relies on a malicious Windows driver to disable the security tools running on the infected systems.

Tools like BRUTED streamline ransomware operations by breaching many networks at once with minimal effort, increasing the monetization opportunities for threat actors. A key defense strategy is to ...

Researchers uncovered a brute-forcing tool called BRUTED It was used since ... credential stuffing attacks The infamous Black Basta ransomware actors created an automated framework for brute ...

The malware's capabilities include a wide range of capabilities that overlap with features commonly found in malicious tools dropped before deploying ransomware payloads, including keylogging ...

The attacker was ultimately able to remove all security software from running on the victim’s server in order to deploy ransomware, Allen said during the session Monday at XChange March 2025 ...