IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

February 25, 2024
NEWS

Ransomware Operation LockBit Reestablishes Dark Web Leak Site – BankInfoSecurity

Russian-speaking ransomware operation LockBit reestablished a dark web leak site Saturday afternoon, posting a lengthy screed apparently authored …

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Court delays mount 2 weeks into ransomware attack on Colorado public defender's office

The Office of the Colorado State Public Defender remains crippled by a ransomware attack two weeks after the malware first forced the statewide …

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Fulton County water billing services restored after ransomware attack – 11Alive.com

This comes after a ransomware attack impacted several county services nearly a month ago.

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There were more ransomware attacks last month than any other on record – MSN

Thanks to the Clop ransomware group and its exploit of a flaw in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool, March 2023 was a …

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City of Oakley a victim of ransomware attack | News – thepress.net

The City of Oakley learned on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 22, that it was the victim of a ransomware attack, and the City Manager has declared a …

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3 trends that'll influence cyberattacks & ransomware in 2024 – ThePrint

Following two years of high but stable activity, 2023 has seen a worrying resurgence in ransomware and extortion losses, as the cyberthreat …

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Blake Dowling: Chalking up a win for the good guys – Florida Politics

Attacks have ranged from spear phishing to ransomware and several other cyber issues — and these are just the ones that have been reported. The bottom …

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LockBit extorted $1B+ from victims over four years – Theregister

ransomware group's systems this week. The analysis showed addresses held around £100 million ($126.6 million), £90 million ($114 million) of which …

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Oakley, Pleasant Hill targeted by cyberattacks on same day – NBC Bay Area

Professor Levant Artul, the department chair of computer sciences at Cal State East Bay, expressed his concerns following Thursday's ransomware attack …

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Hackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn

ransomware being deployed in attacks exploiting the ScreenConnect vulnerability. Rogers said that Huntress has seen LockBit ransomware deployed on …

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