The Ragnar Locker cyber criminals is reported by the FBI to have hit over 50 critical infrastructure organizations across the US. Sectors hit include finance, Government agencies, manufacturing production and ICT and tech companies. Ragnar Locker ransomware hits critical infrastructure • The Register
Samsung stolen data dumped online
The Lapsus$ cyber crime gang has revealed online, what Samsung has acknowledged to be nearly 200GB of Samsung internal files. Lapsus$ gang dump Samsung data online • The Register Lapsus$ has also stolen internal files from Nvidia in a separate extortion bid. More bad news for Nvidia – and advice …
Bitcoin Cyber Crime
Here is a longer read for a Saturday by Luke Winkie at The Guardian. Something to read whilst having a coffee. Is this the new face of organized crime? Decoding Razzlekhan, the rapping bitcoin fraudster | Bitcoin | The Guardian Of course Netflix is going to make a series about …
Policing needs to change to protect our cybersecurity
Here is an interesting short read, by Laura Dobberstein at The Register discussing how policing must change if it is going to deal with international cyber crime. Interpol must change with cybercrime, says director • The Register Ransomware-as-a-service – The Texas Story – get a free early bird place on …
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$400 million goes to ransomware gangs
Following on from the posts over the last couple of weeks about the “business like” nature of the cyber criminals, here is an article following the money. 74% of ransomware revenue goes to Russia-linked hackers – BBC News Globalised Threat of Ransomware – it is time to think about joining …