IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Bloomberg Law

ARLINGTON, VA — A comprehensive new report, “Ransomware Attacks: Litigating a Growing Threat,” reveals a dramatic increase in ransomware-related …

NBC4

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Foreign hackers tried to lock part of the City of Columbus's tech infrastructure with ransomware, Mayor Andrew Ginther …

StateScoop

After a recent ransomware attack against Summerville, South Carolina, officials there said sensitive data was likely accessed.

Microsoft

In a ransomware attack, having full administrative permission on an ESXi hypervisor can mean that the threat actor can encrypt the file system, which …

Firstpost

Ransomware attacks alone constituted almost 30% of incidents in the latest quarter, showing a significant 22% increase compared to the previous …

YouTube

Investigators say the threat actor gained access through a website download. The city is identifying individuals whose personal information may …

SecurityWeek

VMware did not mention in-the-wild exploitation for CVE-2024-37085 but Microsoft says ransomware gangs are abusing the just-patched flaw.

SC Magazine

Sixty-nine percent of all cryptocurrency ransom payments in 2023, amounting to more than $500 million, were collected by Russia-based ransomware …

TechRadar

The report states ransomware and BEC accounted for almost two-thirds (60%) of engagements, combined. There had been fewer BEC engagements this quarter …

CPO Magazine

… grand jury has indicted Rim Jong Hyok in a 2022 string of thefts of data from the US government and ransomware attacks in the healthcare sector.