The sophisticated Russia-based Conti group – which Palo Alto Networks has called “one of the most ruthless” of dozens of ransomware groups currently known to be active – was in the right place at the right time with the right tools when Log4Shell hit the scene 10 days ago, security firm Advanced Intelligence (AdvIntel) said in a report shared with Threatpost on Thursday.
You can read the Threatpost story HERE.
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A cyber attack is an attack launched from one or more
computers against another computer, multiple computers or networks.
Cyber attacks can be broken down into two broad types: attacks where the
goal is to disable the target computer or knock it offline, or attacks
where the goal is to get access to the target computer's data and
perhaps gain admin privileges on it.
Josh Fruhlinger posting on CSO fills us in on cyber attacks using some of the major recent cyber attacks and analyses what we can learn from them.
Read his article - What is a cyber attack? Recent examples show disturbing trends
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