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Authorities seize BlackSuit ransomware gang’s servers
German authorities said they have seized the servers used by the long-running ransomware gang, BlackSuit, which is blamed for ...
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Ransomware Victims Are Still Paying Up, Some More Than Once
Most payments are less than $1 million, but 8% of successfully attacked US companies have paid a ransom four or more times, ...
Palo Alto Networks investigating ransomware threat related to SharePoint exploitation
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks say they are investigating a ransomware attack related to the recently disclosed ...
SonicWall firewall devices hit in surge of Akira ransomware attacks
SonicWall firewall devices have been increasingly targeted since late July in a surge of Akira ransomware attacks, ...
Ransomware gang sets deadline to leak huge cache of stolen Ingram Micro data
Ingram Micro has been added to SafePay’s data leak site, meaning the countdown is on before terabytes of data are leaked on ...
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Storm-2603 Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Deploy Ransomware via DNS-Controlled Backdoor
The activity has been attributed to Storm-2603, which, according to Microsoft, is a suspected China-based threat actor that ...
Security Boulevard9h
AI meets ransomware: a new cyber threat
Ransomware has long been one of the most feared cyber threats on the internet, and for good reason. It’s fast, disruptive, ...
Idle Infrastructure, Active Threats: Why Unmanaged Network Resources Are A Hacker’s Dream
The command-and-control infrastructure for ransomware is especially concerning. The FBI reported a 9% rise in ransomware ...
Hackers says they attacked Mailchimp and stole user data - and the community laughed it off
Russian ransomware gang Everest says it recently broke into email marketing giant Mailchimp, left samples on its dark web ...
Ransomware gangs are now expanding to physical threats in the real world
"Every dollar handed to ransomware gangs fuels their criminal economy, incentivizing them to strike again. The only real way ...
SharePoint-ageddon attacks riddled with free Warlock ransomware - and thousands of services could be compromised
One strain in circulation is said to be the “Warlock” ransomware, distributed freely within compromised environments. The pattern of chained exploits, combining the newer CVEs with older ones like CVE ...
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Feds Confiscate Millions in Bitcoin from Emerging Ransomware Group
The agency confiscated 20.28 BTC in proceeds linked to a ransomware operator known as “Hors,” according to the FBI’s Dallas Field Office. The seizure took place April 15 and was formally recorded July ...