Newly discovered: Buer malware dropper
Sophos Rapid Response Team detects new Buer malware. Rapid intervention by specialist teams can protect companies from major damage from cyber attacks. After Sophos officially went live with its Rapid Response Service at the end of October 2020, the security specialists exposed the first known use of the Buer malware dropper to smuggle in ransomware. Sophos Rapid Response made this discovery while defusing a Ryuk ransomware attack that is part of a wave of Ryuk attacks using new tools, techniques, and techniques. In this incident, the attackers used a new variant of Buer to destroy the Ryuk ransomware.
