Not from this cyber security expert: Ransomware victims targeted by fake hack-back offers (bleepingcomputer.com) Cyber-criminals will take advantage of anything to exploit a victim. Your takeaway from this… You need a ransomware plan and you can get (real) help with that starting with my Ransomware Primer – a series of …
Ban the payment of cyber ransoms
New Zealand-based infosec firm Emsisoft, has issued a report on ransomware in the US during 2023, in which they are suggesting a ban on paying ransoms and the subsequent loss of revenue by the gangs would reduce ransomware attacks. The State of Ransomware in the U.S.: Report and Statistics 2023 …
FBI Successes
The threat actors do not have it all their own way – law enforcement does fight back. IN this case the FBI infiltrated the Dark Web assets of the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang getting an insight into how they work. Domians were seized and closed down disrupting the gangs operations and …
Ransomware – If the government is not taking it seriously you should…
I will start with this report from The Record about the ransomware risk in the UK: UK government risking ‘catastrophic ransomware attack at any moment,’ parliamentary report warns (therecord.media) If you have now read that, then you should be taking responsibility for your organisation’s readiness for a ransomware or other …
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I have the ransomware answer the British Library needed!
The British Library ransomware story continues… …now the hackers have released British Library customer information to the Dark Web. British Library hack: Customer data offered for sale on dark web – BBC News The Rhysida ransomware group threatened to release the stolen information unless a 20 Bitcoin ransom was paid, …
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