Ransomware attacks: Only a few groups dominate the scene
The flood of reports about ransomware attacks is not letting up and one might get the impression that the authorities...
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Ransomware Cactus Tricks Antivirus Apps With Encryption
Hacker groups are constantly resorting to new and more complex tricks to cover their tracks and bring malware onto other...
LockBit: Ransomware in emails claiming copyright infringement
Hackers and malware authors are getting more and more creative to run malicious code on other people's systems. LockBit ransomware...
Microsoft Office 365 and Onedrive Vulnerability Still Open To Ransomware attacks
Cybercriminals are now hunting SharePoint and OneDrive accounts to encrypt data and extort users. While this is primarily "lucrative" for...
Ransomware: Fake Windows 10 Updates Might Get You In Trouble
Magniber ransomware, a ransomware that has been active since 2017, is currently massively distributed via alleged Windows Update installers. The...
Italian railways attacked by ransomware: ticket sales stopped
A massive hacker attack paralyzed ticket sales for Italian railways. The breakdown of vending machines and sales offices at train...
Conti Ransomware Group Chat Leak Shows Russian Sympathy
Shortly before the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine, there was a report that three-quarters of all ransoms for...
QNAP users still struggling with Deadbolt ransomware after forced firmware updates
QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) device users are still struggling to address a range of issues connected to the Deadbolt...
DeadBolt Ransomware Provides Special Service for 50 Bitcoin
If security experts think they've seen it all, they're guaranteed to be in for a surprise. As in the case...
Activists In Belarus launch ransomware attack against railway in protest of dictatorship, Russian troop surge
An activist group in Belarus launched a ransomware attack against the country's railway system in protest of Belarus President Alexander...
QNAP warns of ransom attack: NAS users need to act swiftly
The Taiwanese NAS manufacturer QNAP has again issued a security warning to customers. This means that unknown people attack NAS...
US Military Actively Working To Curb Ransomware Attacks
The US military sees itself increasingly responsible for the fight against ransomware groups. The action against the well-known REvil group is...
Customers Now Want Compensation Amid Colonial Pipeline Ransom Attack
The pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has now largely remedied the consequences of a massive ransomware infection, and the next problem...
REvil Ransomware Attack Demands $70 Million
Ransomware extortionists claim to have blocked countless computers in companies around the world with a Trojan and are now demanding...
A Ransom Group Stops Campaign And Delivered Keys To Victims
Ransomware backers must be unscrupulous, but what goes on around the Avaddon malware is undoubtedly good news for the victims. Avaddon...
Microsoft Exchange Servers Unpatched Targeted By Ransom
The serious security gap in Microsoft Exchange servers, which has made thousands of users vulnerable worldwide, is now also being...
Ransomware Criminals Looted $350 Million So Far
Anyone who speculates that the blackmail scam of ransomware operators is slowly but surely going dead can hardly be more...
Foxconn Refused To Pay $34.5 Million In A Recent Ransomware Attack
If a large corporation is successfully attacked with ransomware, it is not a question of ransom demands of a few...
macOS Under Attack: Ransomware EvilQuest comes with a keylogger
Ransomware that only targets MacOS systems is still relatively rare. EvilQuest is now a particularly nasty malware of this kind for Apple computers in circulation. It...
Ransomware Tycoon Targets Education And Software Sectors
As standard ransomware reaches its limits, developers are becoming increasingly creative with their ideas for new variants. They are currently trying...
