IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

NoCamels

Ransomware is a form of cyberattack in which data owned by an individual or organization is blocked from them by hackers until a ransom is paid to …

Innovation Village

Ransomware and extortion gangs, earnings reached a record-breaking milestone in 2023 according to recent report estimates.

The Register

ALSO: EncroChat crims still getting busted; ransomware takes down CO public defenders office; and crit vulns · EncroChat still paying dividends for UK …

ISP Today

Despite the challenging economic climate, ransomware attacks were on the rise, imposing immense pressure on victims to meet exorbitant ransom demands.

Business Standard

LockBit, a ransomware group, claimed responsibility for the attack on its dark web, potentially risking the information of over six million clients of …

The Hacker News

… ransomware and the theft of millions of dollars. This included the Zeus banking trojan that facilitated the theft of bank account information …

USA Today

Ransomware organizations wreaking havoc. These organized hacks are often carried out by criminal organizations seeking to profit from these attacks …

Quartz

300: The number of unique threat actors that Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracks. This includes 160 nation-state actors and 50 ransomware groups. THE …

Help Net Security

Files encrypted by Rhysida ransomware can be successfully decrypted, due to a implementation vulnerability discovered by Korean researchers and …

menafn

The use of Bitcoin in illegal activities was also brought up. Gensler pointed out how common it is in the ransomware environment. In stark comparison, …