IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Security Boulevard

A lower percentage of ransomware victims are paying, as new regulations begin to elicit more and more public disclosure of ransomware incidents.

Bleeping Computer

Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to …

The Guardian

Experts have pieced together the online history of Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov to reveal his alleged cybercrime operations in the years leading …

Bleeping Computer

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) announced it was targeted by a ransomware attack on Tuesday, January 23.

CBC

An Ottawa man convicted on charges related to a ransomware attack affecting hundreds of victims was sentenced to two years behind bars on Friday.

New Hope Free Press

Bucks County officials have identified the ransomware gang behind the attack that has crippled the countywide computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system …

Security Boulevard

The report details an interesting spread of data covering the ransomware landscape, country- and industry-specific attack patterns, and a summary of …

DataBreaches.net

CBC reports: An Ottawa man convicted on charges related to a ransomware attack affecting hundreds of victims was sentenced to two years behind …

Back End News

While traditional threats like ransomware and phishing remain prevalent, cybercriminals are increasingly exploring new and sophisticated strategies.

SC Magazine

… ransomware attack · Ransomware · New strain of the Phobos ransomware discovered in VBA script · Steve Zurier January 26, 2024. FortiGuard Labs said …