TRU Security

Updates from Acronis Threat Research Unit

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Threat actors go gaming: Electron-based stealers in disguise
The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) uncovered a new malware campaign involving Leet Stealer, RMC Stealer (a modified version of Leet Stealer) and Sniffer Stealer.
Insights
August 11, 2025 — 3 min read
Acronis
Acronis Cyberthreats Update, August 2025
The Acronis Cyberthreats Update covers current cyberthreat activity and trends, as observed by Acronis...
August 05, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, July 29, 2025
Benign-appearing panda images used by new Koske Linux malware to deliver malicious code, Turkish...
August 04, 2025 — 19 min read
MSPs a top target for Akira and Lynx ransomware
Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) analyzed recent samples of Akira and Lynx ransomware families to...
July 24, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, July 14, 2025
SafePay inflicts major ransomware attack on Ingram Micro, Oyster malware loader spread through SEO...
July 16, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, July 7, 2025
Zurich nonprofit Radix hit by Sarcoma ramsomware group, resulting in theft of 1.3TB of data, Google...
July 14, 2025 — 3 min read
Acronis Cyberthreats Update, July 2025
The Acronis Cyberthreats Update covers current cyberthreat activity and trends, as observed by Acronis...
June 30, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, June 30, 2025
ConnectWise ScreenConnect installer exploited by authenticode stuffing technique, attackers breach...
June 23, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, June 18, 2025
Zero-day flaw and 66 vulnerabilities addressed in Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday, Malware...
June 17, 2025 — 4 min read
MSP cybersecurity news digest, June 9, 2025
FBI reports 900 organizations in the Americas and Europe hit by Play ransomware since October 2023,...

Trends and analysis

December 13, 2021 — 4 min read
Acronis
Critical Apache Log4j vulnerability discovered — here's...
Late last week, a critical zero-day vulnerability in the popular Java logging library Log4j surfaced...
November 30, 2021 — 9 min read
Acronis
VenomRAT: A remote access tool with dangerous consequences
The first messages about VenomRAT started to appear in June 2020. By analyzing the code, analysts...
November 26, 2021 — 14 min read
Acronis
Trojan-as-a-service: From Formbook to XLoader
Discovered in 2016, Formbook appeared on underground forums, advertised as an infostealer for Windows....
November 19, 2021 — 6 min read
Acronis
Malware analysis: SkinnyBoy hits military, government...
In June 2021, military and government institutions were attacked using malware called SkinnyBoy. The...
September 17, 2021 — 3 min read
Acronis
AV-TEST: Acronis Cyber Protect is a leader in endpoint...
This summer, Acronis commissioned AV-TEST — the renowned independent evaluator of antivirus and...
September 16, 2021 — 5 min read
Acronis
IT in the age of AIOps
MSPs have a lot to gain from AIOps, including reduced costs, superior service delivery, and better...