GHANASHYAM SATPATHY
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@gsatpathy
Security Research, Endpoint and Cloud threat Research, Malware Analysis, Threat hunting, Tweets are my own etc.
⚠️ Netskope Threat Labs analyzed new ransomware strain named Evil Ant – a Python-based malware that looks to encrypt files & backup files. Rebooting, shutting down, or ending the ransomware process will make affected files unrecoverable. Get the analysis netskope.com/blog/netskope-…
@TimSweeneyEpic Several hundred organizations (maybe more) were scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively, to the point where it was affecting the real user experience. What should we do to stop that? I’m open to ideas.
RE tip of the day: To detect what encoding represents some arbitrary unreadable text, you can use the amazing open-source chardet Python module: buff.ly/3M5iQmz #infosec #cybersecurity #malware #reverseengineering
If only there was some way to prevent most users from running PowerShell while still allowing specific admins or services to use it 🤔 If such a thing did exist, it would be great if it had recently been made free to all Windows SKUs :)
