MonoLock ransomware toolkit for sale on dark web forum screen capture

MonoLock Ransomware: What Security Teams Must Know Today

Actors on underground forums are now selling a turnkey ransomware toolkit named MonoLock v1.0 designed to target small and medium organisations, disable backups, encrypt data at scale via AES-256/RSA-2048, and demand payment through an automated Tor portal. Security teams must recognise this shift in the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model and reinforce detection, defence and incident response accordingly.

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A conceptual image of a Microsoft 365 firewall blocking a malicious red email representing a BEC attack, while allowing safe emails to pass through, symbolizing effective security rules

Block BEC: 9 Microsoft 365 Rules That Actually Work

Business email compromise drains budgets with executive spoofing and invoice fraud. This practical Microsoft 365 guide shows nine rules that actually stop BEC: tuned anti-phish and impersonation, Safe Links and Safe Attachments, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, phishing-resistant MFA with Conditional Access, external sender tags, mailbox hygiene, attack simulation, and a short incident playbook.

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