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Conti has been one of the most active ransomware gangs of late. After recent attention, the group announced that they will abandon the brand. Their infrastructure has not been updated since, and some of their leak sites are offline. Of course, this does not mean that they will fully disappear.

On March 16, 2022, security specialists identified a new version of BlackCat ransomware (so named because the software displays a black cat on the victim’s payment site). These experts also noted that some previous YARA rules no longer match, which will make it difficult to find malicious files.

The June 2022 cumulative updates for Windows Server have caused trouble for administrators of servers that have Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) enabled.

The German energy provider Entega reported a cyberattack over the weekend, impacting their online services and the email accounts of the 2,000 employees. The critical infrastructure of the energy network was not compromised. Stadtwerke Mainz and a regional waste disposal company both reported issues as well.

Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update covered 60 vulnerabilities, of which three were considered critical — meaning that they can be remotely exploited to gain full control of the machine. One of these three is the Follina vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Tool (MSDT), which has already been heavily exploited.

The BlackCat extortion gang, also known as ALPHV, has taken the data leak site to a whole new level — providing a way for individuals to check if their personal information was included in batches of stolen data.

An unpatched remote code execution vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT), which is being tracked as CVE-2022-30192, is being exploited in phishing campaigns that are targeting U.S. and European government organizations.