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BlackCat Breaches Florida International University
BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware has breached Florida International University (FIU), claiming to have compromised approximately 1.2TB of data, including contracts, accounting documents, social security numbers, and email databases. FIU has acknowledged the ransomware group's claim but denies that sensitive information has been compromised. The investigation is ongoing.
Lapsus$ Breached SuperCare Health in July 2021
In July 2021, SuperCare Health, a California-based respiratory care provider, experienced a data breach by the Lapsus$ group, affecting 318,379 patients. Compromised data included patient names, birthdates, medical and insurance information, with some patients' social security numbers and driver's license information also exposed.
DHS Prevents Cyberattack on Hawaiian Telecommunications Company
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prevented a cyberattack on a Hawaiian telecommunications company utilizing underwater cables. DHS investigators received a tip, allowing them to disrupt the attack without causing any damage or disruption to Hawaii's telecommunication infrastructure.
Conti & Karakurt Data Extortion Group
By accessing Conti servers, Infinitum IT Cyber Threat Intelligence team has identified a connection between the Conti ransomware group and the data extortion group Karakurt. Unlike Conti, Karakurt focuses solely on data exfiltration and extortion, gaining access primarily through compromised VPN credentials. Between September and November 2021, Karakurt compromised over 40 organizations, with an additional 11 in December 2021, primarily targeting entities in Canada and the United States. Infinitum IT's research, which began on February 27th, 2022, leveraged the Conti leaks to access resources such as Protonmail and Mega Upload. They discovered Conti uploading data to Karakurt's C2 servers using FileZilla and identified shared resources between the groups. Additionally, Conti's use of Inferno solutions, a Russian VPS service, led to the discovery of a data storage system containing over 20TB of victim data. Infinitum IT has shared this intelligence with the government.
Identify and Access Management (IAM) Lacking
Palo Alto Unit42's analysis reveals significant weaknesses in identity and access management (IAM) configurations for cloud security. Key issues include 44% of organizations allowing password reuse and 53% not enforcing complex passwords. Additionally, overly permissive policies are common, with cloud service provider policies providing 2.5 times more permissions than customer-managed policies. These IAM weaknesses facilitate easier access for attackers, with top threat groups including TeamTNT, WatchDog, Kinsing, Rocke, 8220, APT29, and APT41.
HAFNIUM "hidden" Scheduled Tasks
Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) and Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) track HAFNIUM's new tactic from August 2021 to February 2022. The group targets telecommunications, ISPs, and data services, using hidden scheduled tasks to achieve persistence and evade detection. By deleting the Security Descriptor (SD) value in the registry, tasks become hidden from standard query tools, yet forensic analysts can recover details from other registry values and associated XML files.
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