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CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure orgs
2025-03-12 19:26

CISA says the Medusa ransomware operation has impacted over 300 organizations in critical infrastructure sectors in the United States until last month. [...]

FIN7, FIN8, and Others Use Ragnar Loader for Persistent Access and Ransomware Operations
2025-03-07 14:15

Threat hunters have shed light on a "sophisticated and evolving malware toolkit" called Ragnar Loader that's used by various cybercrime and ransomware groups like Ragnar Locker (aka Monstrous...

Microsoft: North Korean hackers join Qilin ransomware gang
2025-03-07 12:10

Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group tracked as Moonstone Sleet has deployed Qilin ransomware payloads in a limited number of attacks. [...]

Like whitebox servers, rent-a-crew crime 'affiliates' have commoditized ransomware
2025-03-07 11:31

Which is why taking down chiefs and infra behind big name brand operations isn't working Interview There's a handful of cybercriminal gangs that Jason Baker, a ransomware negotiator with...

International cops seize ransomware crooks' favorite Russian crypto exchange
2025-03-06 22:32

Did US Secret Service not get the memo, or? A coalition of international law enforcement has shut down Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, a favorite of now-defunct ransomware crew Conti and...

Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR
2025-03-06 20:31

The Akira ransomware gang was spotted using an unsecured webcam to launch encryption attacks on a victim's network, effectively circumventing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), which was...

Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR
2025-03-06 20:31

The Akira ransomware gang was spotted using an unsecured webcam to launch encryption attacks on a victim's network, effectively circumventing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), which was...

US seizes domain of Garantex crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs
2025-03-06 19:07

The U.S. Secret Service has seized the domain of the sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex in collaboration with the Department of Justice's Criminal Division, the FBI, and Europol. [...]

Toronto Zoo ransomware crooks snatch decades of visitor data
2025-03-06 15:14

Akira really wasn't horsing around with this one Toronto Zoo's final update on its January 2024 cyberattack arrived this week, revealing that visitor data going back to 2000 had been compromised.…

Up to $75M needed to fix up rural hospital cybersecurity as ransomware gangs keep scratching at the door
2025-03-06 14:30

Attacks strike, facilities go bust, patients die. But it's preventable It will cost upward of $75 million to address the cybersecurity needs of rural US hospitals, Microsoft reckons, as mounting...