Tag: ransomware

A former employee of cybersecurity incident response company DigitalMint was sentenced to 70 months in prison for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. […]

Ransomware-Gruppen setzen zunehmend auf Kooperation statt Konkurrenz. Laut Advens entstehen Allianzen und kartellartige Strukturen, die Angriffe effizienter machen und die Bedrohung für Unternehmen deutlich erhöhen.

Microsoft co-signed a malicious kernel driver, and now it’s being used to kill security software in ransomware attacks.

57 Prozent aller Ransomware-Angriffe nehmen ihren Ausgang an einem mobilen, remote genutzten oder hybriden Endgerät. Die durchschnittliche Wiederherstellung dauert fünf Tage, in Einzelfällen bis zu zwei Wochen. Immer mehr Unternehmen zahlen im Ernstfall Lösegeld, statt Fähigkeiten zu entwickeln, Angriffe operativ zu verkraften.

Researchers identified what they believe is the first documented case of a ransomware operation, JadePuffer, conducted entirely by a large language model (LLM) agent. […]

The ransomware campaign relies on basic social engineering and stretches across multiple regions, including the US, Europe, Middle East, and elsewhere.

Researchers say credentials harvested from hundreds of thousands of FortiGate firewalls are being used to facilitate ransomware attacks by the INC and Lynx operations. The post FortiBleed Campaign Linked to INC, Lynx Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

The Blackfield ransomware gang is asking for a $2 million ransom from Nidec Corporation, a large Japanese manufacturer of electronic components for automotive and computing applications. […]

A new ransomware operation named ‚Prinz Eugen‘ prioritizes recently modified files for encryption and leaves no ransom note on the system. […]