There are always ransomware stories in the technical press – and even one of two that get into the mainstream press, but of course for all of these headliners, smaller companies and micro-businesses get hit by ransomware but do not make the news. That could be you! BlackCat ransomware claims …
Ransomware highlights
I do not want you to think ransomware has gone away whilst I am on leave – here are a few of the biggest ransomware stories of the week from Bleeping Computers: Argentina’s Judiciary of Córdoba hit by PLAY ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com) BlackByte ransomware gang is back with new extortion …
LockBit and the Italian Revenue Agency
The prolific cyber criminal gang, LockBit, have released screens shots apparently showing that they have stolen 100GB of data from the Agenzia delle Entrate, or the Italian Government Tax Department. At the moment only a small sample of the data has been made public by LockBit, to convince the Italian …
Ransomware victims in a searchable database for threat actors to access!
It gives the threat actors a chance to check on victim’s exploited vulnerabilities, see who pays when infected by ransomware and other useful bits of information if you plan to maximise your cyber criminal profits. Experts concerned about ransomware groups creating searchable databases of victim data – The Record by …
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Now it is Son of Conti
I think it is true to say no one is sure what is happening to the Conti cyber criminal gang – other than, following the leak of it’s information earlier in the year, it has fractured. Son of Conti: Ransomware tries its hand at politics – The Record by Recorded …