Security News

North Korean IT Workers in Western Firms Now Demanding Ransom for Stolen Data
2024-10-20 07:23

North Korean information technology (IT) workers who obtain employment under false identities in Western companies are not only stealing intellectual property, but are also stepping up by...

Biz hired, and fired, a fake North Korean IT worker – then the ransom demands began
2024-10-18 04:28

'My webcam isn't working today' is the new 'The dog ate my network' It's a pattern cropping up more and more frequently: a company fills an IT contractor post, not realizing it's mistakenly hired...

So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn't work
2024-09-11 13:30

A really big oh sh*t moment, for sure For C-suite execs and security leaders, discovering your organization has been breached, your critical systems locked up and your data stolen, then receiving...

Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom
2024-08-29 18:30

Sordid search history 'evidence' in case that could see him spend 35 years for extortion and wire fraud A former infrastructure engineer who allegedly locked IT department colleagues out of their...

American Radio Relay League confirms $1 million ransom payment
2024-08-23 19:40

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) paid a $1 million ransom for a decryptor that helped restore systems encrypted in a May ransomware attack [...]

Hide yo environment files! Or risk getting your cloud-stored data stolen and held for ransom
2024-08-15 14:07

Cybercriminals are breaking into organizations' cloud storage containers, exfiltrating their sensitive data and, in several cases, have been paid off by the victim organizations to not leak or sell the stolen data. Exposed environment files hold keys to hosting cloud environments.

Suspected head of Reveton, Ransom Cartel RaaS groups arrested
2024-08-13 14:12

An international operation coordinated by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has resulted in the arrest and extradition of a man believed to be one of the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking...

Ransom Cartel, Reveton ransomware owner arrested, charged in US
2024-08-13 13:33

Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested in Spain and is now extradited to the USA to face charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation in 2021 and running a...

FBI: BlackSuit ransomware behind over $500 million in ransom demands
2024-08-07 22:26

CISA and the FBI confirmed today that the Royal ransomware rebranded to BlackSuit and has demanded over $500 million from victims since it emerged more than two years ago. [...]

FBI: BlackSuit ransomware made over $500 million in ransom demands
2024-08-07 22:26

CISA and the FBI confirmed today that the Royal ransomware rebranded to BlackSuit and has demanded over $500 million from victims since it emerged more than two years ago. [...]