Medusa ransomware gang picks up steam as it targets companies worldwide
A ransomware operation known as Medusa has begun to pick up steam in 2023, targeting corporate victims worldwide with million-dollar…
The Week in Ransomware – March 10th 2023 – Police Take Action
This week's biggest news was the coordinated, international law enforcement operation between Europol, the FBI, the Netherlands, Germany, and Ukraine…
ESXi Ransomware Update Outfoxes CISA Recovery Script
New ESXiArgs-ransomware attacks include a workaround for CISA's decryptor, researchers find.
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. [...]
Twitter source code indicates end-to-end encrypted DMs are coming
Twitter is reportedly working on finally adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages (DMs) exchanged between users on the social…
Venus Ransomware targets publicly exposed Remote Desktop services
Threat actors behind the relatively new Venus Ransomware are hacking into publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. [...]
New Redeemer ransomware version promoted on hacker forums
A threat actor is promoting a new version of their free-to-use 'Redeemer' ransomware builder on hacker forums, offering unskilled threat…
New Lilith ransomware emerges with extortion site, lists first victim
A new ransomware operation has been launched under the name 'Lilith,' and it has already posted its first victim on…
LockBit 3.0 introduces the first ransomware bug bounty program
The LockBit ransomware operation has released 'LockBit 3.0,' introducing the first ransomware bug bounty program and leaking new extortion tactics…
Hello XD ransomware now drops a backdoor while encrypting
Cybersecurity researchers report increased activity of the Hello XD ransomware, whose operators are now deploying an upgraded sample featuring stronger…