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The Week in Ransomware - February 12th 2021 - More keys released By This week we saw another ransomware shut down its operation and a significant attack against Cyberpunk 2077 game developer CD Projekt Red. Another operation known as Ziggy Ransomware shut down this week and released the decryption keys for victims. This shut down was due to increased concern about law enforcement action after the disruption and arrests in the Netwalker Ransomware operation.

This week, hundreds of new packages have been published to the npm open-source repository named after private components being internally used by major companies. These npm packages are identical to the proof-of-concept packages created by Alex Birsan, the researcher who had recently managed to infiltrate over major 35 tech firms.

Researcher hacks over 35 tech firms in novel supply chain attack By A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, in a novel software supply chain attack. The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including PyPI, npm, and RubyGems, which then got distributed downstream automatically into the company's internal applications. Unlike traditional typosquatting attacks that rely on social engineering tactics or the victim misspelling a package name, this particular sup...

Ten men part of a criminal gang involved in series of SIM swapping attacks targeting high-profile victims in the United States were arrested in the UK, Malta, and Belgium.

Office 365 will help admins find impersonation attack targets By 12:05 PM Microsoft will make it easier for Defender for Office 365 customers to identify users and domains targeted in impersonation-based phishing attacks as recently revealed on the Microsoft 365 roadmap. Defender for Office 365 (previously known as Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection) protects the emails of Office 365 enterprise accounts from various threats including but not limited to credential phishing and business email compromise. Impersonation happens when a threat actor uses a sender or domain in an email message d...