Cobalt Strike stories

Microsoft, Fortra, and Health ISAC unite against cybercrime, significantly reducing Cobalt Strike misuse by 80% through international cooperation and proactive strategies.

In a significant shift, Microsoft Azure has eclipsed AWS as the leading environment for cyber threats, accounting for 64% of anomalous signals, according to Elastic's new report.

Elastic's 2024 Global Threat Report reveals that misconfigurations and offensive security tools significantly elevate cyber risks, notably in cloud environments.

A cyberattack by RansomEXX has disrupted services at around 300 Indian banks, affecting ATMs and UPI transactions. CloudSEK investigates the breach.

Elastic Security Labs has unveiled GrimResource, a new attack technique exploiting the Microsoft Management Console, allowing full code execution with minimal security alerts.

Bridewell's 2024 CyberScape Briefing unveils severe cyber threats impacting critical national infrastructure, including Cobalt Strike usage swell.

Threat actor GambleForce has struck 24 organisations in 8 countries in 3 months, exploiting SQL vulnerabilities to steal sensitive data.

Proofpoint cybersecurity company has released research finding a 161% increase in threat actors using the threat emulation tool Cobalt Strike.

To limit the risk of being discovered, attackers operated outside of normal business hours and cashout operations were planned for weekends.