Hive ransomware servers shut down at last, says FBI
January 28 2023Unfortunately, you've probably already heard the cliche that "cybercrime abhors a vacuum"...
Read moreS3 Ep115: True crime stories – A day in the life of a cybercrime fighter [Audio + Text]
December 29 2022Listen now - you'll be alarmed, amused and educated, all in equal measure. (Full transcript in article.)
Read moreNew Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine
December 9 2022Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. The first centers...
Read moreCryWiper Data Wiper Targeting Russian Sites
December 6 2022Kaspersky is reporting on a data wiper masquerading as ransomware that is targeting local Russian government networks.
The Trojan corrupts any data that’s not vital for the functioning of...
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Breaking the Zeppelin Ransomware Encryption Scheme
November 21 2022Brian Krebs writes about how the Zeppelin ransomware encryption scheme was broken:
The researchers said their break came when they understood that while Zeppelin used three different types of...
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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys
November 18 2022Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “Zeppelin” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than...
Read moreA Digital Red Cross
November 14 2022The International Committee of the Red Cross wants some digital equivalent to the iconic red cross, to alert would-be hackers that they are accessing a medical network.
The emblem...
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Latest episode - listen (or read) now. Teachable moments for X-Ops professionals!
Read moreCrooks: Show us the money! Cops: How about you show us the decryption keys first?
Read moreS3 Ep104: Should hospital ransomware attackers be locked up for life? [Audio + Text]
October 13 2022Have your say on three deep questions posed by this week's podcast. Read or listen as suits you best...
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