Chronology of a Midas ransomware attack
The problem of unused and forgotten tools - chronology of a Midas ransomware attack. The Sophos Rapid Response Team describes how cybercriminals proceeded in a real Midas attack case and how they moved in the network via commercial tools from October to December 2021 before finally launching the ransomware attack. With an integrated security ecosystem and Zero Trust, attackers would have had little chance of infiltrating the network and the attacked organization would have had greater control over unauthorized network access. Major attack with Midas ransomware After a ransomware attack on a technology provider in December 2021…