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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