IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Dark Reading

Microsoft warns that ransomware group Storm-0501 has shifted from buying initial access to leveraging weak credentials to gain on-premises access …

Help Net Security

Ransomware affiliate Storm-0501 has been spotted comprimising targets' cloud environments as well as their on-premises systems.

The HIPAA Journal

Ransomware groups often engage in double extortion tactics, where data is stolen before file encryption. A ransom must be paid to decrypt files and …

Red Hot Cyber

Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) provide an affilation model between ransomware developers and attackers, in this way both party can improve attacks …

Cyber Security News

Recent investigations by cybersecurity experts have uncovered valuable insights into detecting human-operated ransomware attacks through Windows …

State Department

CRI is the largest international cyber partnership, consisting of 68 members committed to building collective resilience to ransomware and disrupting …

Politico

The Biden administration has tried to wrangle the global ransomware problem, but it's been a banner year for the bad guys.

CXO Today

The rising rate of ransomware attacks against healthcare institutions contrasts with the declining rate of ransomware attacks across sectors; the …

The Register

Ransomware scumbags have caused a vital hospital to turn away ambulances after infecting its computer systems with malware.

StateScoop

By the end of the year, officials from Seattle's Public Library said, they will have spent about $1 million on the response to a May ransomware attack …