IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Cybersecurity Dive

U.S.-based businesses bore the brunt of ransomware attacks during Q2, composing more than half of all claimed ransomware victims listed on data leak …

SC Magazine

Attacks by APT INC were noted by cybersecurity researcher Rivitna to continue involving the use of the leaked Babuk ransomware encryptor for …

ReliaQuest

ReliaQuest identified a 20% rise in ransomware-affected organizations in Q2 2024. Despite disruptions, new groups are increasing activity.

SC Magazine

The HardBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) virus has a new variant that increases the ransomware's ability to avoid detection, establish persistence …

District Administration

Although the number of ransomware attacks against education has been declining, cleanup has only gotten more expensive.

SC Magazine

HardBit ransomware operation has further improved its malicious payload with the integration of passphrase protection to better bypass detection, …

GovInfoSecurity

The breach first came to light after ransomware group RansomHub recently released a sample of allegedly stolen Rite Aid data, as Bleeping Computer …

GMA Network

A ransomware attack forced the online systems of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to go offline on Tuesday.

BankInfoSecurity

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SecurityWeek

Car dealership AutoNation has informed the SEC that the CDK Global ransomware attack impacted its quarterly earnings.