Ukrainian REvil Hacker Gets 13-Year Sentence Plus $16M Fine

In a significant victory against cybercrime, the Ukrainian REvil hacker has been sentenced to over 13 years in prison and ordered to pay a hefty fine of $16 million for orchestrating thousands ...
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Five Most Common Ransomware Strains

Even as cybercriminals get more sophisticated and try new methods, they’re not moving away from what’s tried and true. According to FortiGuard Labs’ analysis, 82% of financially motivated cybercrimes in 2022 included ...
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Russia’s FSB Arrests REvil Players at US Request

The morning of January 14, 2022, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) issued a statement that announced the demise of the hacker group REvil. The FSB, in a joint effort with the ...
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McAfee Report: Ransomware Adopts New Tactics and Targets

As 2021 progressed through the second quarter and into the third, cybercriminals introduced new—and updated—threats and tactics in campaigns targeting prominent sectors, McAfee’s October 2021 Advanced Threat Research Report found. The report ...
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Busted: Taking Down Ransomware Attackers

Busted: Taking Down Ransomware Attackers

Ransomware has been big news this year. In March, the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware gang infected Acer and demanded $50 million—the highest ransom demand from any ransomware group up to that point. That same ...
REvil Ransomware Attacks: Implications for Kaseya, MSPs and Businesses

REvil Ransomware Attacks: Implications for Kaseya, MSPs and Businesses

In some ways, the ransomware attack involving Kaseya is a perfectly logical extension of everything we’ve seen since the end of last year with the disclosure of the SolarWinds attacks: the merger ...
Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola Addresses Cyberattack and Next Steps for VSA Customers

Kaseya CEO: “The impact of this incredibly sophisticated attack is very minimal”

Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola gives us the facts in an emotionally charged video posted on the company's official YouTube channel. Categories: Ransomware Tags: Fred VoccolaIT Completekaseyaransomwareremote monitoring and managementrevilREvil ransomwareRMMsodinSodinokibisodinokibi ransomware (Read ...
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REvil Makes Monkeys out of Kaseya Customers

Over the long weekend, a huge ransomware attack emerged. Kaseya seems to have been the common component ...
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UPDATED: Kaseya hijacked, thousands attacked by REvil, fix delayed again

UPDATED: Kaseya hijacked, thousands attacked by REvil, fix delayed again

A reported, severe ransomware attack against Kaseya VSA means the safest, quickest option is to shutdown Kaseya VSA servers now. Categories: Cybercrime Tags: kaseyakaseya VSAmanaged service providermanaged service providersMSPMSPsransomwarerevilREvil ransomwareSodinokibi (Read more...) ...

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