Dish Network likely paid ransom after recent ransomware attack
Dish Network, an American television provider, most likely paid a ransom after being hit by a ransomware attack in February…
Russian Hacker “Wazawaka” Indicted for Ransomware
A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups…
Russian ransomware affiliate charged with attacks on critical infrastructure
The U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against a Russian citizen named Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka or…
New RA Group ransomware targets U.S. orgs in double-extortion attacks
A new ransomware group named 'RA Group' is targeting pharmaceutical, insurance, wealth management, and manufacturing firms in the United States…
The Week in Ransomware – May 12th 2023 – New Gangs Emerge
This week we have multiple reports of new ransomware families targeting the enterprise, named Cactus and Akira, both increasingly active…
Babuk code used by 9 ransomware gangs to encrypt VMWare ESXi servers
An increasing number of ransomware operations are adopting the leaked Babuk ransomware source code to create Linux encryptors targeting VMware…
CISA Addresses ‘Cyber Poor’ Small Biz, Local Government
Relatively few organizations have the resources for security programs and security professionals, so the US cyber agency is putting programs…
Cybersecurity firm Dragos discloses cybersecurity incident, extortion attempt
Industrial cybersecurity company Dragos today disclosed what it describes as a "cybersecurity event" after a known cybercrime gang attempted to…
Microsoft: Iranian hacking groups join Papercut attack spree
Microsoft says Iranian state-backed hackers have joined the ongoing assault targeting vulnerable PaperCut MF/NG print management servers. [...]
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…