Suspected LockBit ransomware affiliate arrested, charged in US
Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov was arrested in Arizona and charged by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly deploying LockBit…
The Week in Ransomware – May 19th 2023 – A Shifting Landscape
In the ever-shifting ransomware landscape, we saw new ransomware gangs emerge, threat actors return from a long absence, operations shifting…
Russian Hacker “Wazawaka” Indicted for Ransomware
A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups…
Russian ransomware affiliate charged with attacks on critical infrastructure
The U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against a Russian citizen named Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka or…
The Week in Ransomware – August 26th 2022 – Fighting back
We saw a bit of ransomware drama this week, mostly centered around LockBit, who saw their data leak sites taken…
The Week in Ransomware – February 18th 2022 – Mergers & Acquisitions
The big news this week is that the Conti ransomware gang has recruited the core developers and managers of the…
Wazawaka Goes Waka Waka
In January, KrebsOnSecurity examined clues left behind by "Wazawaka," the hacker handle chosen by a major ransomware criminal in the…
Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka’
In a great many ransomware attacks, the criminals who pillage the victim's network are not the same crooks who gained…