The Week in Ransomware – January 27th 2023 – ‘We hacked the hackers’
For the most part, this week has been relatively quiet regarding ransomware attacks and researcher — that is, until the…
US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments
The U.S. Department of State today offered up to $10 million for information that could help link the Hive ransomware…
Hive Ransomware Gang Loses Its Honeycomb, Thanks to DoJ
The US Department of Justice hacked into Hive's infrastructure, made off with hundreds of decryptors, and seized the gang's operations.
The Week in Ransomware – January 13th 2023 – LockBit in the spotlight
The LockBit ransomware operation has again taken center stage in the ransomware news, as we learned yesterday they were behind…
Hackers accessed data on 270,000 patients from Louisiana hospital system in attempted ransomware attack
Hackers accessed the personal data of nearly 270,000 patients in an attempted ransomware attack on a Louisiana health care system…
Ransomware attack at Louisiana hospital impacts 270,000 patients
The Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) is sending out notices of a data breach affecting almost 270,000 people who have…
Microsoft-signed malicious Windows drivers used in ransomware attacks
Microsoft has revoked several Microsoft hardware developer accounts after drivers signed through their profiles were used in cyberattacks, including ransomware…
Ransomware attack forces French hospital to transfer patients
The André-Mignot teaching hospital in the suburbs of Paris had to shut down its phone and computer systems because of a…
Donut extortion group also targets victims with ransomware
The Donut (D0nut) extortion group has been confirmed to deploy ransomware in double-extortion attacks on the enterprise. [...]
Hackers breach energy orgs via bugs in discontinued web server
Microsoft said today that security vulnerabilities found to impact a web server discontinued since 2005 have been used to target and compromise…