The Week in Ransomware – May 5th 2023 – Targeting the public sector
This week's ransomware news has been dominated by a Royal ransomware attack on the City of Dallas that took down…
ALPHV gang claims ransomware attack on Constellation Software
Canadian diversified software company Constellation Software confirmed on Thursday that some of its systems were breached by threat actors who…
Hackers leak images to taunt Western Digital’s cyberattack response
The ALPHV ransomware operation, aka BlackCat, has published screenshots of internal emails and video conferences stolen from Western Digital, indicating…
ALPHV ransomware exploits Veritas Backup Exec bugs for initial access
An ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware affiliate was observed exploiting three vulnerabilities impacting the Veritas Backup product for initial access to the target network. [...]
The Week in Ransomware – January 6th 2023 – Targeting Healthcare
This week saw a lot of ransomware news, ranging from new extortion tactics, to a ransomware gang giving away a…
Ransomware gang cloned victim’s website to leak stolen data
The ALPHV ransomware operators have gotten creative with their extortion tactic and, in at least one case, created a replica…
LockBit ransomware blames Entrust for DDoS attacks on leak sites
The LockBit ransomware operation's data leak sites have been shut down over the weekend due to a DDoS attack telling…
The Week in Ransomware – August 5th 2022 – A look at cyber insurance
For the most part, it has been a quiet week on the ransomware front, with a few new reports, product…
BlackCat ransomware claims attack on European gas pipeline
The ransomware group known as ALPHV (aka BlackCat) has assumed over the weekend responsibility for the cyberattack that hit Creos…
Ransomware gang now lets you search their stolen data
Two ransomware gangs and a data extortion group have adopted a new strategy to force victim companies to pay threat…