X-Industry

Activity Summary - Week Ending on 10 November 2022:

• Red Sky Alliance identified 23,574 connections from new IP’s checking in with our Sinkholes
• Timeweb[.]ru hit 251x – for the 2^nd Week
• Analysts identified 1,762 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
• Patching is Very Important
• Microsoft Patch Tuesday
• YouTube - You’re Not Helping
• Vidar stealer
• Stolen Data in Australia
• Lloyd’s of London
• School System Stands its Ground
• Oil & Gas - ABBs

Link to full report: IR-22-313-001_weekly313.pdf

The back-to-school season has already been stressful for schools and families. Now a spate of ransomware attacks targeting K-12 schools has made it even more challenging.  In May 2020, the FBI warned schools about the increasing risk of ransomware attacks during the pandemic. The agency warned that cyber actors would likely increase targeting of K-12 schools as an "opportunistic target" as more institutions shift from in-person learning to online classes and teachers and staff rely on remote ac