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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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Hive ransomware gets upgrades in Rust

July 5, 2022 TH Author Cybersecurity, Hive, Microsoft security intelligence, MSTIC, ransomware, ransomware as a service

With its latest variant carrying several major upgrades, Hive proves it’s one of the fastest evolving ransomware payload, exemplifying the continuously changing ransomware ecosystem.
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The many lives of BlackCat ransomware

June 13, 2022 TH Author Cybersecurity, human-operated ransomware, Microsoft security intelligence, ransomware, ransomware as a service

The use of an unconventional programming language, multiple target devices and possible entry points, and affiliation with prolific threat activity groups have made the BlackCat ransomware a prevalent threat and a prime example of the growing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gig economy.
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Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself

May 9, 2022 TH Author Cybersecurity, human-operated ransomware, Microsoft Security Experts, Microsoft security intelligence, ransomware, ransomware as a service

Microsoft coined the term “human-operated ransomware” to clearly define a class of attack driven by expert humane intelligence at every step of the attack chain and culminate in intentional business disruption and extortion. In this blog, we explain the ransomware-as-a-service affiliate model and disambiguate between the attacker tools and the various threat actors at play during a security incident.
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Impacts to Enterprise Security: A Look at as-a-service Attacks

January 24, 2019 TH Author Business, exploit kit, exploits as a service, RaaS, ransomware, ransomware as a service, Security

Ever since certain solutions have begun being offered “as-a-service,” the market for this method of delivery has exploded. Now, elements like software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service are key mainstay components of enterprise IT, with the market values to prove it. According to MarketWatch, the global SaaS market is on track to expand by a more than…
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