A Bizarre New Malware Campaign Hacks Your Printer and Forces It to Print Out Ransomware Demands

A bizarre new malware campaign hacks your printer and forces it to print out ransomware demands

Kaspersky detailed ransomware cases in Colombia and Mexico where attackers exploited misconfigured systemsVictims’ drives were locked with BitLocker, ransom notes printed via office printersNew group “XEntry Team” claimed responsibility; misconfigurations remain a major breach riskCybercriminals have, in true Hollywood fashion, started using office printers to notify victims they were struck by ransomware.Security researchers at Kaspersky have d…

New BitLocker extortion activity: RDP, MSSQL, RMM Abuse

Recently, our teams in Latin America investigated a series of incidents involving misconfiguration, the deployment of BitLocker, and the exploitation of corporate printers. Attackers used the devices to notify organizations that their infrastructure had been compromised and they had to pay a ransom to recover their data. This article analyzes two incidents that occurred in June in Colombia and in May in Mexico. We highlight the similarities in t…