Every year, cyber-attacks cost businesses billions of dollars and over 80% of security breaches are linked to software vulnerabilities that could have been found with proper penetration testing tools.

Ransomware gangs are exploiting AdaptixC2, an open-source command-and-control framework originally built for red team testing, to support stealthy post-exploitation operations.

This investigation, conducted with support from the Georgian CERT, uncovered new tools and techniques used by the Curly COMrades threat actor. It established covert, long-term access to victim ...