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2107, 2022

Alvaka’s Ransomware Rescue Car Placed #2 at Spec Corvette 2022 National Championship

By |July 21st, 2022|Articles|Comments Off on Alvaka’s Ransomware Rescue Car Placed #2 at Spec Corvette 2022 National Championship

Last month, Alvaka Networks CEO, Oli Thordarson placed second at the Spec Corvette 2022 National Championship Race at Ozarks International Raceway in Gravois Mills, Missouri. Oli, who is currently the points leader for the West [...]

107, 2022

AstraLocker 2.0 Ransomware is a Smash & Grab Variant

By |July 1st, 2022|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware|Comments Off on AstraLocker 2.0 Ransomware is a Smash & Grab Variant

A version of AstraLocker, AstraLocker 2.0 ransomware, has just been released. This updated version is what some threat analysts call a rapid attack, or smash-and-grab style of ransomware. The AstraLocker 2.0 developers use Microsoft Word [...]

704, 2022

What is Enterprise Patch Management?

By |April 7th, 2022|Alvaka Blog|Comments Off on What is Enterprise Patch Management?

What is Enterprise Patch Management (a.k.a. the application of software security updates according to NIST SP 800-40r4)? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just released Report 800-40r4: Guide to Enterprise Patch Management [...]

104, 2022

LAPSUS$: The New Extortion Group Causing a Scene

By |April 1st, 2022|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware|Comments Off on LAPSUS$: The New Extortion Group Causing a Scene

A new threat actor group is behind an infamous wave of attacks impacting companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, Okta, and most recently Globant, among others. LAPSUS$, tracked as DEV-0537 by Microsoft, is relatively less sophisticated than [...]

203, 2022

Cybersecurity Transformations Since the Russia/Ukraine Conflict

By |March 2nd, 2022|Alvaka Blog, Ransomware, Security|Comments Off on Cybersecurity Transformations Since the Russia/Ukraine Conflict

In the past few days since the Russia/Ukraine conflict, there have been some changes in the cybersecurity landscape. Below are some of my personal observations from our Ransomware Recovery business unit. I am curious if [...]

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