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Hive, Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced to 70 Months in Jail
A 36-year-old Ukrainian national who acted as a Nefilim and Hive ransomware affiliate and targeted hospitals and government entities has been sentenced to 70 months in prison.
LINDSEY O'DONNELL-WELCH · OCT 27 · 2 min
All Ransomware
Check Point VPN Flaw Targeted by Ransomware Actors
The vulnerability is a critical one and Check Point Research said that it’s likely that the actor targeting the bug is a financially motivated group.
Dennis Fisher · 2 min
Authorities Disrupt First VPN Cybercriminal Service
Law enforcement is increasingly targeting the “infrastructure layer” of cybercrime, rather than ransomware operators themselves.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 2 minKarakurt Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to 8 Years Prison
Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, of Moscow, Russia, was a member of a ransomware group called Karakurt, which was led by the former operators of Conti.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 3 min
New SystemBC Botnet Activity Targets Systems Worldwide
The SystemBC botnet malware has become a critical component in the modern threat landscape, often preceding a full-scale ransomware deployment.
Dennis Fisher · 2 min
Marks and Spencer’s Profit Drop: The Financial Toll of Cyberattacks
The financial impacts of cyberattacks are hard to measure – but they lend critical context to conversations around security risk at the boardroom level.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 5 min
Akira Ransomware Actors Target SonicWall SSLVPN
This aggressive approach aligns with Akira’s historical tactics of exploiting VPN infrastructure as an initial access vector.
Dennis Fisher · 2 min
Three Takeaways From the EU Airport Outages
The incident is a pointed example of how an intrusion at a key point in the software supply chain can have a wide range of downstream effects.
Dennis Fisher · 2 min
Two British Teens Charged Over Scattered Spider Hacks
Two British teenagers have been arrested by UK authorities for their alleged ties to the Scattered Spider cybercriminal collective.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 3 min
Senator Flags Microsoft’s Role in the Ascension Ransomware Hack
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants the U.S. government to hold Microsoft responsible “for contributing to ransomware attacks against critical U.S. infrastructure” like Ascension.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 2 min
US Indicts LockerGoga, MegaCortex, Nefilim Ransomware Admin
The Justice Department has charged a Ukrainian national who is behind ransomware attacks of at least 200 U.S. companies tied to LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 3 minDoJ Seizes $2.8M Linked to Zeppelin Ransomware
The DoJ raked back $2.8 million in crypto, as well as cash and a stolen vehicle, belonging to an alleged operator of the Zeppelin ransomware.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 2 min
Attacks Hit Possible SonicWall Zero Day
Attackers are exploiting a likely zero day vulnerability in some versions of SonicWall Firewall devices with the SSL VPN functionality enabled, and in some cases are able to bypass MFA protections. The intrusions have been ongoing since at least the end of last week, and researchers have observed some attackers deploying the Akira ransomware after…
Dennis Fisher · 2 min
Challenges Remain in Evaluating Ransomware Crackdowns
While law enforcement disruptions certainly have a positive impact, there are deep-rooted difficulties in measuring substantial long-term changes.
Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 7 min
