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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What do hackers want?
Well in the case of the recent ransomware attack on the British Library they got HR data on the library’s staff. British Library says ransomware hackers stole data from HR files (therecord.media) The Rhysida ransomware gang will soon put that information up for auction on the Dark Web unless the …
