Seriously? Velociraptor Now.

Right, listen up, you lot. Apparently, ransomware clowns are now using Velociraptor – a legit Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) tool – to scope out networks before they drop their payload of misery. Yeah, the one security *professionals* use to clean up their messes is being weaponized by the very people causing them. Shocking. Not.

They’re using it for recon, mapping shit out, stealing credentials… basically everything a proper pentester would do, except with malicious intent and a demand for money. The UNC2631 group (because of course they have a stupid number) is the main offender, but expect more to follow. It’s not like making things harder for everyone is a new concept.

What’s particularly irritating? They’re abusing legitimate functionality – using signed binaries and all that jazz – which makes detection a real pain in the ass. So your fancy endpoint protection better be on point, because signature-based stuff isn’t going to cut it. And yeah, you need proper logging and monitoring too, but honestly, if you don’t have that already, you deserve whatever you get.

The article suggests focusing on detecting unusual Velociraptor activity – like unexpected network connections or weird process executions. Groundbreaking stuff, really. Like telling people to look for smoke when there’s a fire.

Honestly, it’s just another reminder that everything can be turned into a weapon. Everything. Now go patch your systems and stop leaving the keys under the doormat.

Source: BleepingComputer – Hackers Now Use Velociraptor DFIR Tool in Ransomware Attacks

Speaking of tools being abused, I once had a user try to use Wireshark to “see if their internet was faster.” They’d captured *everything* for three hours. Three fucking hours. When I asked what they were looking at, they said “lots of numbers.” Numbers. Just…numbers. Some people shouldn’t be allowed near computers, let alone the network.

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