Insurance Coverage for NotPetya Losses
February 28 2022Tarah Wheeler and Josephine Wolff analyze a recent court decision that the NotPetya attacks are not considered an act of war under the wording of Merck’s insurance policy, and...
Read moreMerck Wins Insurance Lawsuit re NotPetya Attack
January 25 2022The insurance company Ace American has to pay for the losses:
On 6th December 2021, the New Jersey Superior Court granted partial summary judgment (attached) in favour of Merck...
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REvil ransomware crew allegedly busted in Russia, says FSB
January 14 2022The Russian Federal Security Bureau has just published a report about the investigation and arrest of the infamous "REvil" ransomware crew.
Read moreREvil ransomware crew allegedly busted in Russia, says FSB
January 14 2022The Russian Federal Security Bureau has just published a report about the investigation and arrest of the infamous "REvil" ransomware crew.
Read moreMore Russian Cyber Operations against Ukraine
January 5 2022Both Russia and Ukraine are preparing for military operations in cyberspace.
Read moreMore Russian SVR Supply-Chain Attacks
October 28 2021Microsoft is reporting that the same attacker that was behind the SolarWinds breach — the Russian SVR, which Microsoft is calling Nobelium — is continuing with similar supply-chain...
Read moreREvil is Off-Line
July 16 2021
This is an interesting development:
Just days after President Biden demanded that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shut down ransomware groups attacking American targets, the most aggressive of...
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Details of the REvil Ransomware Attack
July 8 2021
ArsTechnica has a good story on the REvil ransomware attack of last weekend, with technical details:
This weekend’s attack was carried out with almost surgical precision. According to Cybereason,...
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More Russian Hacking
July 2 2021
Two reports this week. The first is from Microsoft, which wrote:
As part of our investigation into this ongoing activity, we also detected information-stealing malware on a machine belonging...
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The DarkSide Ransomware Gang
June 2 2021
The New York Times has a long story on the DarkSide ransomware gang.
A glimpse into DarkSide’s secret communications in the months leading up to the Colonial Pipeline attack...
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