Tag: ransom payments
US Leads 40-Country Alliance to Cut Off Ransomware Payments
The US, alongside 40 other countries, plans to sign a pledge to an alliance stating that it will never pay a ransom to cybercriminals...
MGM, Caesars Cyberattack Responses Required Brutal Choices
Twin cyberattacks on MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have provided a singular view into what happens when two similar organizations, under similar attacks by...
‘Cuba’ Ransomware Group Uses Every Trick in the Book
In June, Russian ransomware group Cuba attacked an organization servicing US critical infrastructure. The cyberattack failed despite the group's use of multiple CVEs, off-the-shelf...
Product Security in the Global Supply Chain: Problems & Possibilities
As today’s world has become an interconnected and globalized world, the supply chain has also got its effect on it and it has become...
Crypto Scams Down, But Ransomware Crime Up In 2023: Chainalysis
Crypto inflows to known criminal addresses are down 65% in 2023 compared to the same period one year ago, according to a mid-year...
Scammers Target Major US Grocery Chains Demanding Bitcoin Payments
A slew of major U.S. grocery chains have been targeted by scammers in recent months posing fake bomb threats with demands for ransom...
Third MOVEit Transfer Vulnerability Disclosed by Progress Software
Yet another MOVEit Transfer vulnerability, CVE-2023-35708, was discovered this week by Progress Software, the third that the company has disclosed, alongside CVE-2023-34362 and CVE-2023-35036.
The issue...
S3 Ep136: Navigating a manic malware maelstrom
by Paul Ducklin A PYTHON PERSPECTIVE VORTEX
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With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro...
Talking Security Strategy: Cybersecurity Has a Seat at the Boardroom Table
Cybersecurity is no longer a fringe issue for businesses. What was once a siloed function, there out of necessity more than anything, is now...
US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment
by Naked Security writer He goes by many names, according to the US Department of Justice.
Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, or...
Russian Ransomware Perp Charged After High-Profile Hive, Babuk & LockBit Hits
Russian national Mikahail Pavlovich Matveev has been charged by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) for launching ransomware attacks on critical organizations including law...
Cybersecurity Is a Major Risk for SMEs (Laurent Descout)
Cybersecurity is a very real threat to the UK’s 5.5 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The often-limited cybersecurity tools many SMEs use to protect their operations...
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