Project Signal: An Iranian State-Sponsored Ransomware Operation Emerges
State-sponsored actors from Iran have often been linked to various cyberespionage campaigns targeting organizations globally. In a recent development, security experts from Flashpoint recently...
Babuk Ransomware Group Changes Course; Moves from Encryption to Extortion
The infamous Babuk ransomware group has announced that it is shutting down its operation. The group allegedly posted the blackout message on its data...
Ransomware Task Force Issues Framework to Combat Ransomware Attacks
Combating rising ransomware attacks has become a challenge for organizations globally. Several ransomware groups are targeting companies by encrypting their systems, paralyzing operations, and...
Darkside Ransomware Gang Adopts New Extortion Technique by Targeting Stock Traders
Cybercriminals often try innovative methods in their attacking techniques to increase their success rate and evade security detection (obfuscation). From new malware variants to...
Ransom Mafia Extort Money By Forming Ransomware Cartels
The adage “Apes Together Strong,” denotes apes working together for a common goal that would eventually benefit them. Similarly, several cybercriminal groups join hands...
D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Alleged Victim of Recent Babuk Ransomware Attack
The ransomware menace is spreading like wildfire. And while the law-and-order machinery seems to be putting out this fire, they seem to have been...
Justice Department to Launch Ransomware Taskforce
Ransomware operators continue to innovate hacking techniques to encrypt victims’ sensitive information and demand ransom or threaten targets of leaking their data online. Besides...
REvil Ransomware Gang Targets Apple’s Supplier, Quanta; Threatens to Leak Blueprints
The REvil ransomware gang reportedly hacked Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta Computer, which among others, manufactures Apple’s iWatch and MacBook devices. As per the REvil gang’s...
Has Babuk Ransomware Gang Attempted a Slam Dunk on Houston Rockets?
It is the Rockets vs the Babuk ransomware gang, and it seems like Babuk has drawn first blood with a slam dunk. No, we...
Top Irish Colleges Face the Ire of Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attackers going after educational institutions is not new. Recently, the FBI’s Cyber Division issued an alert warning about an uptick in cyberattacks against higher education...
