Security News > 2021 > July > The Week in Ransomware - July 9th 2021 - A flawed attack

Due to constant ransomware attacks on US interests, President Biden has once against warned President Putin that Russia needs to arrest the ransomware gangs operating from Russia or the US will take action instead. Finally, a new ransomware payment tracking site called Ransomwhere was launched this week.

REvil is increasing ransoms for Kaseya ransomware attack victims.

The REvil ransomware gang is increasing the ransom demands for victims encrypted during Friday's Kaseya ransomware attack.

Ransomware statistics for 2021: Q2 report The second quarter of 2021 marked the biggest ransomware attack on U.S. infrastructure to date.

Threat actors are trying to capitalize on the ongoing Kaseya ransomware attack crisis by targeting potential victims in a spam campaign pushing Cobalt Strike payloads disguised as Kaseya VSA security updates.

The REvil ransomware gang's attack on MSPs and their customers last week outwardly should have been successful, yet changes in their typical tactics and procedures have led to few ransom payments.

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