Criminal Complaint against LockBit Ransomware Writer
December 24 2024The Justice Department has published the criminal complaint against Dmitry Khoroshev, for building and maintaining the LockBit ransomware.
Read moreWeird Zimbra Vulnerability
October 3 2024Hackers can execute commands on a remote computer by sending malformed emails to a Zimbra mail server. It’s critical, but difficult to exploit reliably.
In an email sent Wednesday...
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Security Researcher Sued for Disproving Government Statements
September 4 2024This story seems straightforward. A city is the victim of a ransomware attack. They repeatedly lie to the media about the severity of the breach. A security researcher repeatedly...
Read moreThe State of Ransomware
August 19 2024Palo Alto Networks published its semi-annual report on ransomware. From the Executive Summary:
Unit 42 monitors ransomware and extortion leak sites closely to keep tabs on threat activity. We...
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FBI Seizes BreachForums Website
May 17 2024The FBI has seized the BreachForums website, used by ransomware criminals to leak stolen corporate data.
If law enforcement has gained access to the hacking forum’s backend data, as...
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You might think that libraries are kind of boring, but this self-analysis of a 2023 ransomware and extortion attack against the British Library is anything but.
Read moreRansomware Gang Files SEC Complaint
November 18 2023A ransomware gang, annoyed at not being paid, filed an SEC complaint against its victim for not disclosing its security breach within the required four days.
This is over...
Read moreNew York Increases Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Companies
November 3 2023Another example of a large and influential state doing things the federal government won’t:
Boards of directors, or other senior committees, are charged with overseeing cybersecurity risk management, and...
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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group
October 1 2023Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang's internal operations. Today, we'll take...
Read more‘Snatch’ Ransom Group Exposes Visitor IP Addresses
September 27 2023The victim shaming site operated by the Snatch ransomware group is leaking data about its true online location and internal operations, as well as the Internet addresses of its...
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