Security News > 2025 > March > Microsoft Teams tactics, malware connect Black Basta, Cactus ransomware

2025-03-04 22:47
New research has uncovered further links between the Black Basta and Cactus ransomware gangs, with members of both groups utilizing the same social engineering attacks and the BackConnect proxy malware for post-exploitation access to corporate networks. [...]
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