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Hits Safe Mode: Ransomware Rebooting Around EDR

An Akira ransomware affiliate gained initial access through an exposed SonicWall VPN without multi-factor authentication via credential spraying. After compromising the domain controller, the attacker performed Active Directory enumeration, collected and exfiltrated data using WinRAR and s5cmd to cloud storage. The affiliate employed a novel evasion technique by rebooting the victim host into Safe Mode with Networking to disable EDR and antivirus protection. AnyDesk was installed as a persistent remote access mechanism. However, the Safe Mode environment caused the ransomware to fail due to out-of-virtual-memory errors, preventing encryption. Despite the encryption failure, the attacker had already exfiltrated credentials and file shares, enabling extortion through data leak threats. This marks the first observed instance of Akira affiliates using Safe Mode boot as an anti-EDR technique.

Pulse ID: 6a7ca262c4921e41ead16a57
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/6a7ca262c4921e41ead16a57
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2026-08-12 16:42:10

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#Akira #AnyDesk #Cloud #CyberSecurity #DomainController #EDR #Encryption #Extortion #InfoSec #OTX #OpenThreatExchange #RAT #RansomWare #Troll #VPN #WinRAR #bot #AlienVault

#Peazip sigue mejorando. Es un señor programón para trabajar con archivos comprimidos y cifrados. Si seguís usando #WinRAR notaréis mucha diferencia. Si ya veníais de usar #7zip quizá no notéis inmediatamente muchas funciones adicionales (que las hay) pero sí una mayor facilidad de uso e interfaz más agradable.

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/peazip-10-9-released-with-improved-file-manager-overhauled-text-and-image-viewers-and-more/

#Actualizacion #Actualizaciones #FOSS

Installing WinZip 8.1 SR-1 and WinRAR 3.71 on a virtual Windows 95. This is such a perfect example as to why I still don't consider Windows 95 to be a "retro" operating system:

Using the Windows Explorer, the long file names, the setup programs, the start menu icons and, of course, the programs themselves. A "normal" screen resolution with 16/24-bit color. Everything does look and feel pretty much identical to a modern Windows PC. Yes, all of these version numbers are a bit lower, but that's basically it. This is SO not a retro system!

#Win9x #RetroComputing #WinRAR #WinZip #90s #Retro #OperatingSystem