The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. The unusually candid post-mortem found that nearly two months elapsed between the
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Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare
December 14, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Conti ransomware, Data Breaches, H-ISAC, Health Service Executive, HSE, Ireland, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ransomware, Ryuk A Little Sunshine, Conti ransomware, Data Breaches, H-ISAC, Health Service Executive, HSE, Ireland, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ransomware, Ryuk
Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”
December 9, 2021 A Little Sunshine, darkcloudowner, Darkode, DCReavers2, fbi, fubar, Iserdo, Matt Watson, Matthew Philbert, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ontario Provincial Police, Project CODA, Ransomware A Little Sunshine, darkcloudowner, Darkode, DCReavers2, fbi, fubar, Iserdo, Matt Watson, Matthew Philbert, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ontario Provincial Police, Project CODA, Ransomware
A 31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States. Canadian authorities describe him as
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Who Is the Network Access Broker ‘Babam’?
December 4, 2021 Babam, bo3dom bo3domster, Breadcrumbs, Bureau Veritas, Constella Intelligence, domaintools, Flashpoint, LockBit, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, Rekvizitai.vz Babam, bo3dom bo3domster, Breadcrumbs, Bureau Veritas, Constella Intelligence, domaintools, Flashpoint, LockBit, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, Rekvizitai.vz
Rarely do cybercriminal gangs that deploy ransomware gain the initial access to the target themselves. More commonly, that access is purchased from a cybercriminal broker who specializes in acquiring remote access credentials — such as
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Arrest in ‘Ransom Your Employer’ Email Scheme
November 23, 2021 Abnormal Security, Cofense, Crane Hassold, CyberLab, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Oluwaseun Medayedupin, Ransomware, Ronnie Tokazowski, Sociogram Abnormal Security, Cofense, Crane Hassold, CyberLab, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Oluwaseun Medayedupin, Ransomware, Ronnie Tokazowski, Sociogram
In August, KrebsOnSecurity warned that scammers were contacting people and asking them to unleash ransomware inside their employer’s network, in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. This week,
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Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction
August 5, 2021 Babuk ransomware, BitPaymer, BlackMatter ransomware, Cerber, CrowdStrike, Cryptolocker, DarkSide ransomware, DoppelPaymer, Dridex, Emsisoft, Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, Evil Corp., Fabian Wosar, Gameover ZeuS, GandCrab, Grief ransomware, Indrik Spider, Mark Arena, Ransomware, REvil ransomware, TA505, The Business Club, WastedLocker, zeus Babuk ransomware, BitPaymer, BlackMatter ransomware, Cerber, CrowdStrike, Cryptolocker, DarkSide ransomware, DoppelPaymer, Dridex, Emsisoft, Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, Evil Corp., Fabian Wosar, Gameover ZeuS, GandCrab, Grief ransomware, Indrik Spider, Mark Arena, Ransomware, REvil ransomware, TA505, The Business Club, WastedLocker, zeus
It’s nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. We hang on to these occasional victories because history tells us that most ransomware moneymaking collectives
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