IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

NJBIA

Ransomware attacks on manufacturing and production organizations are on the rise with 65% of companies surveyed reporting ransomware attacks in …

Indiana Daily Student

Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts files and systems on a device, making them unusable. Perpetrators often then demand ransom for the files …

SC Magazine

Eldorado, a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that emerged this spring targeting VMware ESX servers, is tied to 16 ransomware attacks as of …

BankInfoSecurity

What's the best strategy for exploiting a known vulnerability in ransomware to help victims decrypt their files for free?

Government Technology

In a post on the dark web, ransomware group RansomHub claimed to have stolen 100 gigabytes of data, which it threatened to publish by Friday if not …

Security Intelligence

… ransomware payments if they fall victim to ransomware attacks. If so, why not place a ban on paying ransomware demands? The topic came up at a …

SC Magazine

Ransomware victims can be hit multiple times by affiliate gangs in “re-victimization.”

Help Net Security

Avast researchers have developed a decryptor tool for DoNex, Muse, DarkRace and (fake) LockBit 3.0 ransomware.

Duo Security

Researchers have discovered the Eldorado group, which they said has developed and deployed a “highly effective” ransomware builder used to target …

Lawfare

Ransomware is in the news once again. Last week, the Washington Post reported that a “cyberattack” on CDK Global, a provider of …