The Week in Ransomware – October 29th 2021 – Making arrests
This week, international law enforcement operations went on the offensive, making arrests in numerous countries for ransomware-related activities. [...]
Russian National Accused of Role in Trickbot Is Extradited to US
Court documents say Vladimir Dunaev is alleged to have been a malware developer for the Trickbot Group.
TrickBot malware dev extradited to U.S. faces 60 years in prison
A Russian national believed to be a member of the TrickBot malware development team has been extradited to the U.S.…
German investigators identify REvil ransomware gang core member
German investigators have reportedly identified a Russian man named Nikolay K. whom they believe to be one of REvil ransomware gang's…
NRA: No comment on Russian ransomware gang attack claims
The Grief ransomware gang claims to have attacked the National Rifle Association (NRA) and released allegedly stolen data as proof…
Mitigating Ransomware: A New Paradigm Shift
By CISO T.J. Minichillo Ransomware is a global epidemic from which no organization — small, medium or large […] The…
Money launderers for Russian hacking groups arrested in Ukraine
The Ukrainian cybercrime police force has arrested members of a group of money launderers and hackers at the request of…
SolarWinds Attacker Targets Cloud Service Providers in New Supply Chain Threat
Microsoft says the group has attacked more than 140 service providers, and compromised 14 of them, between May and October…
Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims
The Conti ransomware affiliate program appears to have altered its business plan recently. Organizations infected with Conti's malware who refuse…
It’s Windows XP’s 20th birthday and way too many still use it
Today is the 20th anniversary of Windows XP, and although the operating system reached the end of support in 2014,…