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LockBit, RansomHub Lead Ransomware Attacks in July
Global ransomware attacks surged by 19% in July compared to June, climbing from 331 to 395 incidents, according to the latest data from NCC Group ...
Report Details Reemergence of Lockbit 3.0 Ransomware Syndicate
An analysis of ransomware attacks claimed to have been perpetrated by cybercriminal syndicates that was published today by NCC Group, a provider of managed security services, finds LockBit 3.0 has reemerged to ...
LockBit Victim? Ask FBI for Your Ransomware Key
Spy warez: Assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division Bryan Vorndran (pictured) might have the key to unscramble your files ...
LockBit, RAGroup Drive Ransomware Attacks in March
Global ransomware attacks rose slightly in March compared to the previous month, as ransomware cabal RAGroup ramped up activity by more than 300%. However, overall activity declined 8% year-over-year, according to NCC ...
LockBit Hacker Sentenced To 4 Years Jail Plus Fined $860K
Recent reports about legal proceedings, a 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national, Mikhail Vasiliev, has been handed a sentence of almost four years in Canadian prison. Vasiliev’s involvement in the global ransomware scheme known as ...
Locking Up Lockbit: The Fall of a Ransomware Cartel
As of the time I’m writing this, earlier this week a cybersecurity bombshell story just broke that, for once, is actually a positive turn of events. I’m talking about Operation Cronos, an ...
LockBit Takedown by Brits — Time for ‘Operation Cronos’
RaaS nicked: 11-nation army led by UK eliminates ransomware-for-hire scrotes’ servers ...
Stupid Human Tricks: Top 10 Cybercrime Cases of 2023
Mark Rasch examines 2023 cybercrime cases that appear to be the most impactful—not the most extensive or expensive—just the most “interesting.” ...
LockBit Crashes Boeing Dark Web Data — No Ransom Paid
7oops7: Seattle plane maker tries to tell us the 50GB dump is ever so boring and not worth spinning up Tor for ...
ICBC Ransomware Incident: A Global Call to Action Against Financial Cyber Threats
The recent ransomware attack on the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s (ICBC) U.S. arm is a stark reminder that no institution, no matter how large and ostensibly secure, is immune to ...
