New Ransomware

Just in case you thought because I have not been writing about it, that ransomware has gone away, threat actors have launched yet another version of everyone’s worse nightmare malware. New Eldorado ransomware targets Windows, VMware ESXi VMs (bleepingcomputer.com) Eldorado ransomware attacks and all the usual suspects, encrypting both Linux …

LockBit ransomware for Macs

Read the article, but the headline here tells you nearly everything you need to need to know. Ransomware for Macs. LockBit ransomware encryptors found targeting Mac devices (bleepingcomputer.com) This is the first time the prolific LockBit ransomware gang have deployed encryption malware that operates on Apple’s MacOS.

Not Ransomware!

I recently wrote a mini-series of articles looking at various aspects of ransomware and what you need to do about it. Ransomware – A Primer – Smart Thinking Solutions That series mainly concentrated on encryption ransomware but the cyber gangs are also turning to extortion ransomware – so I wrote …