Feds Reportedly Hacked REvil Ransomware Group and Forced it Offline
The Russian-led REvil ransomware gang was felled by an active multi-country law enforcement operation that resulted in its infrastructure being hacked and taken offline...
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REvil Ransomware Gang Hit by Law Enforcement Hack-Back Operation
The global fight against ransomware took a new twist this week with the United States leading a law enforcement effort to hack back and...
Hackers Set Up Fake Company to Get IT Experts to Launch Ransomware Attacks
The financially motivated FIN7 cybercrime gang has masqueraded as yet another fictitious cybersecurity company called “Bastion Secure” to recruit unwitting software engineers under the...
Illinois candy giant hit with ransomware weeks before Halloween
Ferrara Candy — the candy giant behind Nerds, Laffy Taffy, Now and Laters, SweetTarts, Jaw Busters, Nips, Runts and Gobstoppers — announced that it...
Ransomware: Looking for weaknesses in your own network is key to stopping attacks
Ransomware is a major cybersecurity threat to organisations around the world, but it’s possible to reduce the impact of an attack if you have...
Multiple governments involved in coordinated takedown of REvil ransomware group: Reuters
Cybersecurity experts have told Reuters that law enforcement officials from multiple countries were involved in the disruption of the REvil ransomware gang, which went...
Gartner predicts privacy law changes, consolidation of cybersecurity services and ransomware laws for next 4 years
Gartner analysts released their list of cybersecurity and privacy predictions for the next few years, floating a number of potential ideas about how the...
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U.S. Government Issues Urgent Warning on BlackMatter Ransomware
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) this week published a joint...
CISA says BlackMatter ransomware group behind recent attacks on agriculture companies
CISA, the FBI and NSA officially implicated the BlackMatter ransomware group in the recent attacks on two agriculture companies, confirming the assessments of some...
83% of ransomware victims paid ransom: Survey
A new survey of 300 US-based IT decision-makers found that 64% have been victims of a ransomware attack in the last 12 months, and...