U.S. Charges Russian Man as Boss of LockBit Ransomware Group
The United States joined the United Kingdom and Australia today in sanctioning 31-year-old Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the…
CISA urges software devs to weed out path traversal vulnerabilities
CISA and the FBI urged software companies today to review their products and eliminate path traversal security vulnerabilities before shipping.…
French hospital CHC-SV refuses to pay LockBit extortion demand
The Hôpital de Cannes - Simone Veil (CHC-SV) in France announced it received a ransom demand from the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware…
Ransomware payments drop to record low of 28% in Q1 2024
Ransomware actors have had a rough start this year, as stats from cybersecurity firm Coveware show that the trend of…
The Week in Ransomware – April 19th 2024 – Attacks Ramp Up
While ransomware attacks decreased after the LockBit and BlackCat disruptions, they have once again started to ramp up with other…
The Week in Ransomware – April 5th 2024 – Virtual Machines under Attack
Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi and other virtual machine platforms are wreaking havoc among the enterprise, causing widespread disruption and…
Lessons From the LockBit Takedown
The truly satisfying law enforcement takedown of the ransomware giant shows the value of collaborating — and fighting back.
Ransomware as a Service and the Strange Economics of the Dark Web
Ransomware is quickly changing in 2024, with massive disruptions and large gangs shutting down. Learn from Flare how affiliate competition…
StopCrypt: Most widely distributed ransomware now evades detection
A new variant of StopCrypt ransomware (aka STOP) was spotted in the wild, employing a multi-stage execution process that involves…
StopCrypt: Most widely distributed ransomware evolves to evade detection
A new variant of StopCrypt ransomware (aka STOP) was spotted in the wild, employing a multi-stage execution process that involves…