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New LockFile ransomware gang uses ProxyShell and PetitPotam exploits

Security Affairs

The three vulnerabilities used in ProxyShell attacks are: CVE-2021-34473 – Pre-auth Path Confusion leads to ACL Bypass (Patched in April by KB5001779 ) CVE-2021-34523 – Elevation of Privilege on Exchange PowerShell Backend (Patched in April by KB5001779 ) CVE-2021-31207 – Post-auth Arbitrary-File-Write leads to RCE (Patched in May by KB5003435 ).

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LockFile Ransomware uses a new intermittent encryption technique

Security Affairs

.” Sophos experts spotted the new technique while analyzing a LockFile sample (SHA-256 hash: bf315c9c064b887ee3276e1342d43637d8c0e067260946db45942f39b970d7ce) that was uploaded to VirusTotal on August 22, 2021. The HTA ransom note used by LockFile closely resembles the one used by LockBit 2.0

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Upskilling and reskilling for talent transformation in the era of AI

IBM Big Data Hub

A 2024 Gallup poll found that nearly 25% of workers worry that their jobs can become obsolete because of AI, up from 15% in 2021. Financial services Employees in finance increasingly have enhanced tools to help them make better investments on behalf of their clients.