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Octo Tempest crosses boundaries to facilitate extortion, encryption, and destruction

October 25, 2023 TH Author Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM), Credential Theft, elevation of privilege, extortion, human-operated ransomware, ransomware as a service, Tempest

Microsoft has been tracking activity related to the financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest, whose evolving campaigns represent a growing concern for many organizations across multiple industries.
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WannaCry Extortion Fraud Reemerges

June 25, 2018 TH Author action fraud, bitcoin, extortion, Fraud, Malware, ransomware, tech support scam, UK, WannaCry, Web Security

The emails claim that all of the victim’s devices have been hacked and infected with the infamous ransomware — and then ask for Bitcoin to “fix” it. READ MORE HERE…