IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Tripwire

Ransomware gangs are evolving, now re-victimizing previous targets by exploiting past vulnerabilities and psychological trauma.

Security Boulevard

Brett Stone-Gross, director of threat intelligence for Zscaler, said unlike better-known ransomware gangs such as LockBit or BlackCat, the Dark Angels …

Bleeping Computer

A Fortune 50 company paid a record-breaking $75 million ransom payment to the Dark Angels ransomware gang, according to a report by Zscaler …

Yahoo Finance

ThreatLabz 2024 Ransomware Report Figure 3: Breakdown of ransomware victims by country Key Findings: ThreatLabz tracked an 18% increase in …

EdScoop

A new report from the firm Zscaler shows that ransomware attacks are growing fastest in the health care and education sectors.

PCMag

The flaw affects VMware's ESXi hypervisor product, enabling high-profile ransomware gangs to steal data from virtual machines and encrypt them.

Legal Dive

Nearly one-third of companies that suffered a ransomware attack paid a ransom four or more times in the past 12 months to regain access to their …

Forbes

You may not have heard of these ransomware criminals, but according to threat intelligence researchers, they've hit a $75 million ransom payday.

Industrial Cyber Security Solutions

“In a ransomware attack, having full administrative permission on an ESXi hypervisor can mean that the threat actor can encrypt the file system, which …

American Journal of Transportation

Bridewell research reveals 59% of rail organisations hit by ransomware attack. Almost six in ten (59%) businesses in the rail sector and 44% of …