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Automated SaaS Ransomware Extortion: A New Era of Cyber Threats

Emma Thompson2 years ago09 mins

The Rise of SaaS Attacks: The Automated Extortion of 0mega Ransomware Group The Attack The 0mega ransomware group has recently targeted an unnamed company’s SharePoint Online environment, successfully exfiltrating sensitive data and extorting a ransom without needing to compromise an endpoint. Instead, the threat group used a weakly secured administrator account to infiltrate the company’s…

“SaaS Ransomware: A New Dimension of Cyber Threats as Sharepoint Online Hit Without Compromised Endpoint”

Emma Thompson2 years ago07 mins

SaaS Ransomware Attack Against Sharepoint Online Exposes Security Vulnerabilities A cybersecurity firm, Obsidian, has reported a successful ransomware attack against Sharepoint Online (Microsoft 365) via a Microsoft Global SaaS admin account, rather than the more usual route of a compromised endpoint. According to the report, the victim employed the Obsidian product and research team to…