News September 4, 2024

3,000 “ghost accounts” on GitHub spreading malware

3 min read - In the past, cyber criminals directly distributed malware on GitHub using encrypted scripting code or malicious executables. But now threat actors are turning to a new tactic to spread malware: creating ghost accounts. A highly effective malware campaign Check Point…

Incident Response November 1, 2021

From Thanos to Prometheus: When ransomware encryption goes wrong

7 min read - IBM Security X-Force researchers have recently reverse-engineered Prometheus ransomware samples as part of ongoing incident response operations. X-Force has found that samples that infected organizational networks featured flawed encryption. This allowed our team to develop a fast-acting decryptor and help…

Incident Response May 30, 2018

The Digital Disaster: A CIO Embraces Cyber Resilience

6 min read - What happens when a malware infection results in permanent loss of data, operational downtime and significant reputational damage? Experience the cyber resilience failures of airline CIO Martin Kinsley.