Security News > 2024 > September > Microsoft Identifies Storm-0501 as Major Threat in Hybrid Cloud Ransomware Attacks
2024-09-27 11:11
The threat actor known as Storm-0501 has targeted government, manufacturing, transportation, and law enforcement sectors in the U.S. to stage ransomware attacks. The multi-stage attack campaign is designed to compromise hybrid cloud environments and perform lateral movement from on-premises to cloud environment, ultimately resulting in data exfiltration, credential theft, tampering, persistent
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