The Week in Ransomware – May 10th 2024 – Chipping away at LockBit
After many months of taunting law enforcement and offering a million-dollar reward to anyone who could reveal his identity, the FBI…
Ascension redirects ambulances after suspected ransomware attack
Ascension, a major U.S. healthcare network, is diverting ambulances from several hospitals due to a suspected ransomware attack that has…
Reality Defender Wins RSAC Innovation Sandbox Competition
In a field thick with cybersecurity startups showing off how they use AI and LLMs, Reality Defender stood out for…
Ascension Healthcare Suffers Major Cyberattack
The attack cut off access to electronic healthcare records (EHRs) and ordering systems, plunging the organization and its health services…
CISA Courts Private Sector to Get Behind CIRCIA Reporting Rules
New regulations will require the private sector to turn over incident data to CISA within three days or face enforcement.…
LockBit Honcho Faces Sanctions, With Aussie Org Ramifications
Australian businesses and individuals now face government fines and consequences for paying ransoms or interacting with assets owned by LockBitSupp,…
DocGo discloses cyberattack after hackers steal patient health data
Mobile medical care firm DocGo confirmed it suffered a cyberattack after threat actors breached its systems and stole patient health data.…
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…
REvil hacker behind Kaseya ransomware attack gets 13 years in prison
Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay $16 million…
UnitedHealth Congressional Testimony Reveals Rampant Security Fails
The breach was carried out with stolen Citrix credentials for an account that lacked multifactor authentication. Attackers went undetected for…