Ravikant Tiwari

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July 05, 2021 — 7 min read

Acronis

July 05, 2021 — 7 min read

REvil ransomware supply chain attack against MSPs

Just as people were starting to forget about the huge Solar Winds software supply-chain attack, another high-profile attack happens. This time, the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware group pushed out a malicious update for Kaseya's VSA IT management software, leading to dozens of MSPs around the globe – and subsequently their customers – being compromised by ransomware. The global network of Acronis Cyber Protection Operation Centers (CPOCs) is monitoring the situation, as additional details of the attack are still unraveling. Here’s what we know at this point.

February 28, 2018 — 10 min read

Acronis

February 28, 2018 — 10 min read

Black Ruby: Combining Ransomware and Coin Miner Malware

In the midst of all the news and hype surrounding cryptocurrency, we’ve seen several coin miner malware programs popping into the wild, infecting a number of computers on the internet. There’s been an upsurge in coin miner malware that victimizes individual PCs and businesses using the same techniques and exploits that were previously attributed to distributed ransomware. With all this happening, the cybersecurity industry started speculating that there is a shift from ransomware to coin miners as the preferred choice of payload for cybercriminals. Interestingly, we found a new ransomware called Black Ruby that adds coin mining as a module on top of its ransomware capabilities.