Blogs

Read about the latest news and updates from the cybersecurity ecosystem.

Ransomware

Posted on Mar 14, 2023 5 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - March 13, 2023 - March 17, 2023

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Mar 2, 2023 4 minutes

Why Are Some Ransomware Vulnerabilities More Dangerous than Others?

Securin experts mapped ransomware vulnerabilities to the MITRE Att&ck framework and identified 57 vulnerabilities that can be exploited from initial access to exfiltration. Read on to find out more about these vulnerabilities.

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Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Feb 27, 2023 | Updated on Mar 2, 2023

CSW's Threat Intelligence - February 27, 2023 - March 3, 2023

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | February 27, 2023 - March 3, 2023

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Feb 17, 2023 4 minutes

All About Hive Ransomware

One of the most prolific ransomware groups to affect healthcare facilities, nonprofits, retailers, energy providers, and other sectors, with a total of more than 1,300 institutions hit by the ransomware group worldwide and a profit of $100 million in ransom payments, Hive Ransomware has been ruling the roost since June 2021. Read on to find out what Securin experts uncovered when they revisited HIVE and their attack tactics and techniques, and what organizations can do to remain safe from future attacks.

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Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Feb 6, 2023 | Updated on Feb 10, 2023 5 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - February 6, 2022 - February 10, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | February 6, 2022 - February 10, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Jan 9, 2023 | Updated on Jan 17, 2023 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - January 9, 2022 - January 13, 2023

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Dec 30, 2022 7 minutes

How Safe is your Database?

A data breach resulting in the loss of their jobs is one of the worst nightmares for a CISO. Companies that have experienced a breach underperform the market by more than 15% three years later. That raises the question - “Is your data safe?” CSW analyzed more than 290 database products and identified 4352 vulnerabilities, of which 24% have high predictive risk ratings, and 12% are trending in the wild! What should be your course of action?

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Priya Ravindran

Posted on Dec 23, 2022 | Updated on February 3, 2023 4 minutes

All About Vice Society Ransomware

Vice Society has been recently observed employing multiple ransomware variants, similar to the Russian Sandworm Team and TA505 threat actors, apart from its double extortion tactics. After its recent attacks on the US K-12 education and healthcare sectors, Vice Society has garnered a lot of media attention. Read on to learn how to protect your network from Vice Society attacks.

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Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Dec 19, 2022 | Updated on Dec 23, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - December 19, 2022 - December 23, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | December 19, 2022 - December 23, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Dec 12, 2022 | Updated on Dec 16, 2022 10 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - December 12, 2022 - December 16, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | December 12, 2022 - December 16, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Nov 28, 2022 | Updated on Dec 2, 2022 5 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - November 28, 2022 - December 2, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | November 28, 2022 - December 2, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Nov 21, 2022 | Updated on Nov 25, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - November 21, 2022 - November 25, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | November 21, 2022 - November 25, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 | Updated on November 11, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - November 7, 2022 - November 11, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | November 7, 2022 - November 11, 2022

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Priya Ravindran, Supriya Aluri

Posted on Oct 31, 2022 | Updated on November 4, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - October 31, 2022 - November 4, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | October 31, 2022 - November 4, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Oct 18, 2022 | Updated on Oct 21, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - October 17, 2022 - October 21, 2022

This blog brings you all the DHS CISA KEVs that need to be prioritized for patching from Oct 17, 2022 to Oct 21, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Oct 10, 2022 | Updated on Oct 14, 2022 5 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - October 10, 2022 - October 14, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | October 10, 2022 - October 14, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Sep 28, 2022 | Updated on September 29, 2022 6 minutes

All about LockBit Ransomware

Read all about the CVEs exploited, attack methodology, and techniques used by the LockBit ransomeareKnow the CVEs exploited, attack methodology, and techniques used by the LockBit ransomeare

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 3 minutes

Cyberwar Bulletin: Iran and Albania

As the world still reels under the impact of the Ukraine-Russia cyberwar, yet another Cyberwar has started between Iran and Albania. CSW experts provide insights into Iranian threats that organizations need to watch out for. 

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Priya Ravindran

Posted on Sep 19, 2022 | Updated on Sep 23, 2022 5 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Sep 12, 2022 | Updated on Sep 16, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - September 12, 2022 - September 16, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Priya Ravindran

Posted on Sep 9, 2022 3 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - September 05, 2022 - September 09, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting. | September 05, 2022 - September 09, 2022

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 5 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - August 29, 2022 - September 2, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Aug 22, 2022 6 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - August 22, 2022 - August 26, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Aug 18, 2022 7 minutes

How Safe Is Your VPN?

Did you know hackers can exploit 125 weaponized vulnerabilities in VPN products to attack their targets? CSW analysts deep dive into exposures in VPNs that could compromise organizational networks.

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Priya Ravindran

Posted on Aug 1, 2022 3 minutes

CSW's Threat Intelligence - August 02, 2022 - August 05, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Jul 25, 2022 3 minute

CSW's Threat Intelligence - July 25, 2022 - July 29, 2022

We bring you threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Jul 14, 2022 | Updated on Sep 06, 2022 5 minutes

All about BlackCat (ALPHV)

Did you know that the BlackCat ransomware group breached 60+ organizations in a single month? Read on to know about CSW's research into the ransomware group, the vulnerabilities they use, and their attack techniques and tactics.

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Priya Ravindran

Posted on Jul 12, 2022 | Updated on Sep 09, 2022 3 minutes

How safe are storage devices from a ransomware attack?

​​​​​​​Does your organization use Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices? If you think that backing up data in these devices will keep you safe from a ransomware attack, you might have to revisit your security strategy.

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Priya Ravindran

Posted on Jul 8, 2022 2 minutes

CSW’s Friday Threat Intelligence

This week, we bring to you eight threats that are currently trending as well as new vulnerabilities that hackers are exploiting.

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Pavithra Shankar, Supriya Aluri

Posted on Jul 6, 2022 5 minutes

43 Weaponized CVEs in Healthcare Products Threaten Patient Care

CSW researchers investigated 56 vendors and 846 healthcare products, and identified 624 vulnerabilities across them. Read to know more about our findings.

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Priya Ravindran, Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Jul 4, 2022 | Updated on Sep 21, 2022 5 minutes

Why Should Schools Prioritize Cybersecurity?

This blog provides a snapshot of how CSW is helping schools gain resilience against cyber attacks and evolving threats and what schools can do to stay safe from ransomware attacks.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 3 minutes

CSW Weekly Threat Intelligence

All CVEs mentioned in this blog edition have received a maximum rating from the Threat Intelligence platform indicating high probability of exploitation.

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Pavithra Shankar

Posted on Jun 27, 2022 2 minutes

CSW Weekly Threat Intelligence

CSW weekly threat intelligence edition brings to you early warnings about critical vulnerabilities that could potentially be weaponized and prove dangerous to your organization and its assets.

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Pavithra Shankar

Posted on Jun 17, 2022 3 minute

CVE-2022-26134: A New RCE Atlassian Bug Exploited by Ransomware Gangs

Atlassian zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild is tagged as CVE-2022-26134. This is a critical unauthenticated, remote code execution vulnerability that affects all Atlassian Confluence and Data Center 2016 servers after version 1.3.0.

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Prakash Ram

Posted on Jun 13, 2022 2 minutes

CISA Adds Vulnerabilities Warned by CSW’s Ransomware Reports

In a recent update of KEV on May 23, 2022, CISA has added three of four vulnerabilities that were called out in the CSW’s Q1 2022 Ransomware Report (May 18, 2022) thereby validating our research and recommendations.

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Priya Ravindran

Posted on May 30, 2022 3 minutes

43 APT Groups Use Ransomware to Attack Their Targets

CSW’s quarterly report on ransomware metrics reveals that three new APT groups are using ransomware to mount attacks on their targets, bringing the total number of APT groups using ransomware to 43. Read more on them here.

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Supriya Aluri

Posted on Mar 16, 2022 5 minutes

Cyberwar Bulletin 2: Are you ready for this cyberwar?

This bulletin covers CSW's research on the cyberwar, in particular the ransomware and malware threats that are spawning out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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Sumeetha Manikandan, Priya Ravindran

Posted on Mar 4, 2022 | Updated on Mar 10, 2022 5 minutes

Cyberwar Bulletin 1: Russia & Ukraine

CSW's analysis of the threat groups and tools playing a role as threats in this cyber war between Russia and Ukraine

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Sumeetha Manikandan, Priya Ravindran

Posted on Mar 2, 2022 | Updated on March 01, 2023 3 minutes

Top Scanners Fail to Flag DHS CISA-warned Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)

We looked into the DHS CISA KEV catalog one step further and found that 59 actively known exploited CVEs were missed by top scanners such as Nessus, Nexpose, and Qualys. Click here to know more!

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Pavithra Shankar, Priya Ravindran

Posted on Feb 23, 2022 | Updated on June 29, 2022 5 minutes

All About Conti

The Conti Group has been one of the most prolific ransomware groups in 2022, second only to REvil. However, Conti has been on a roll with the widespread of attacks against US and now has 44 vulnerability associations. Organizations need to set a patching priority for these vulnerabilities in order to avoid large-scale attacks.

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Surojoy Gupta

Posted on Nov 22, 2021 | Updated on March 01, 2023 5 minutes

CISA Releases a Directive Asking Organizations to Patch Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

The DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a directive with a list of 887 known and exploited vulnerabilities that public sector entities and organizations need to patch immediately!

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Surojoy Gupta, Priya Ravindran, Pavithra Shankar

Posted on Jul 19, 2020 5 minutes

How safe are VPN solutions?

Travelex fell prey to a ransomware attack (on New Year’s Eve) because they failed to install a patch issued by their VPN - Pulse Secure. How safe are our VPNs? Let's find out.

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Sumeetha