IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Global Ag Tech Initiative

The Food and Ag-ISAC found 167 ransomware attacks against the sector out of 2,905 total ransomware incidents studied in 2023 — 5.5% of all attacks.

Security Affairs

Government agencies revealed that Akira ransomware has breached over 250 entities worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments.

Bleeping Computer

Ransomware actors have had a rough start this year, as stats from cybersecurity firm Coveware show that the trend of victims declining to pay the …

CryptoPotato

Ransomeware crisis deepens as Akira drains millions from 250 companies. Prominent global agencies have flagged a newly-emerged ransomware group named …

KCTV5

IT experts said they …

Security Boulevard

“Akira threat actors have been observed deploying two distinct ransomware variants against different system architectures within the same compromise …

Sentinel and Enterprise

The online ransomware group Play claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack, boasting that it had released 5 gigabytes of data from that theft …

DataBreaches.net

Two more ransomware incidents that occurred in 2023 were disclosed this week. One was disclosed 10 months after the incident, and the other was …

Help Net Security

More organizations hit by ransomware gangs are starting to realize that it doesn't pay to pay up: “In Q1 2024, the proportion of victims that chose to …

observerbd.com

… Ransomware: Peashooters Can Still Pack a Punch,” which offers new insights into an emergent threat in the ransomware landscape. Since June 2023 …