IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

The Record by Recorded Future

Only 1 in 50 targeted organizations get alerted. Detecting the precursor malware that allows criminals to launch a full-blown ransomware attack is the …

Bleeping Computer

The BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang has added Seiko to its extortion site, claiming responsibility for a cyberattack disclosed by the Japanese firm …

Cybersecurity Dive

The prolific ransomware group “deployed a set of malicious tools that overlapped with previous campaigns associated with this attacker, as well as …

Infosecurity Magazine

A notorious Russian-speaking ransomware group has updated its attack tooling to include a Veeam exploit designed to harvest logins, according to …

SiliconANGLE

Japanese watchmaker Seiko Group Corp. has been struck by a ransomware attack, with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claiming responsibility.

BankInfoSecurity

Conventional wisdom recommends to never negotiate with ransomware actors. They can't be trusted. But Mark Lance at GuidePoint Security recently …

GovInfoSecurity

In encryption-less attacks, ransomware gangs steal large volumes of sensitive data, including terabytes of information, without locking up systems …

RISMedia

Even with these positive developments, which would seem to indicate Rapattoni has resolved the ransomware attack, the fact that a cyber intrusion …

Rochester Beacon

The University of Rochester has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that its response to a ransomware attack it suffered in May is inadequate.

TechRadar

A known ransomware gang is exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in enterprise backup solutions to deploy malware to their targets and steal …