Heads-Up: Threat Actor Uses Fake CrowdStrike Recovery Manual to Deliver Unidentified Stealer
Following up on recent reports that threat actors were capitalizing on the CrowdStrike glitch by using phishing attacks to obtain credentials or spread malware, CrowdStrike reported yesterday: On July 22, 2024, CrowdStrike Intelligence identified a Word document containing macros that download an unidentified stealer now tracked as Daolpu. The document impersonates a Microsoft recovery manual.1 Initial analysis […]

‘I don’t see it happening’: CISA chief dismisses ban on ransomware payments
Despite some calls to ban ransomware payments in hopes that criminals will abandon financially motivated ransomware attacks, finding a way to get everyone to comply with any such ban has seemed challenging, to say the least, and there has been a lot of pushback. Now, one more expert with clout has suggested that the idea […]