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MAY 24, 2024

Many ransomware hackers agree with that statement - and they're learning to make such attacks even harder to recover from. Malicious Script Targets Users in Mexico, Indonesia, Jordan Why bother building a crypto-locker when Microsoft has perfectly acceptable encryption software preloaded on desktops?

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JUNE 19, 2024

Different Countries Have Different Levels of Law Enforcement Involvement This year's Sophos State of Ransomware report reveals how reporting levels and official responses vary across 14 countries. The survey finds that reporting ransomware attacks is common, and victims almost always receive support as a result.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Domestic Teen Groups Demand 'Nip the Bud' and 'Alternative Pathways,' Experts Say Western law enforcement agencies are battling a rise in domestic ransomware attackers. Given the "significant" resources being poured into combating ransomware, signing up for a ransomware crew from your home in the U.S., Canada or the U.K.

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JULY 25, 2024

National Health Service is urging hospitals across the country to limit the use of rare O-negative type blood after a ransomware attack on a British laboratory service provider crippled blood donations across the country. NHS Blood and Transplant Urges Hospitals to Restrict the Use of O-Negative Blood The U.K.

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JULY 8, 2024

Researchers Privately Circulated DoNex Decryptor Before Police Publicized Their Own What's the best strategy for exploiting a known vulnerability in ransomware to help victims decrypt their files for free?

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AUGUST 21, 2024

Ransomware groups' collective profits are on track to achieve another record-breaking year, even though fewer victims overall appear to be paying a ransom, experts warn. Does That Mean Improved Defenses and Law Enforcement Disruptions Are Failing? One expert says the success comes down to a handful of high-profile attacks.

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JULY 2, 2024

Million Individuals A February ransomware attack against Prudential Financial affected 2.5 Insurance Giant Says Hackers Stole Data of 2.5 million customers, the financial giant disclosed after initially calculating the totally as 36,000. In an emailed statement, Prudential said the tally shouldn't increase a second time.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

RedSense's Bohuslavskiy and Smith on How Attacks on Healthcare Show Desperation RedSense’s Yelisey Bohuslavskiy and Marley Smith believe ransomware is declining but caution that it still poses a significant threat.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Blame Police Crackdowns on Big Names, Hacker Thrift, Ransomware Grifters in Trouble What's behind the a profusion of reported attacks involving stolen or reused strains of ransomware?

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JULY 2, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services has hit a Pennsylvania-based healthcare system with a $950,000 settlement for potential HIPAA violations found during an investigation into a 2017 ransomware attack. It's HHS' third HIPAA enforcement action in a ransomware case so far.

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MARCH 12, 2024

US Healthcare Entities Are Firmly in Akira Ransomware Group's Sights, Expert Warns Ransomware groups may come and go, but often it's only in name, as the individuals involved will move on to power whatever group remains a going concern.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Hospitals Says Restoring the Affected IT Systems Will Take Weeks The ransomware attack on a key U.K. National Health Service IT vendor has forced two London hospitals to reschedule around 1,500 medical appointments including critical cancer treatments and organ transplant surgeries. The disruption is now in its third week.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Urgent Appeal Issued for O Type Blood; Attack Disrupts Patient Blood Type Matching The ransomware attack on a U.K. pathology services vendor has disrupted multiple London hospitals' ability to match patients' blood with available stocks.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ransomware Group Declares Nothing Off Limits Outside of CIS Countries The BlackCat ransomware as service operation's putative "unseizing" of its leak site from the FBI is a stunt made possible by way the dark web handles address resolution, security researchers said Monday.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

US Agency Advisory Sheds Light on the Group's Activities The Snatch ransomware group is targeting a wide range of critical infrastructure sectors, including the defense industrial base, food and agriculture, and information technology sectors, according to a new alert issued by U.S. The group operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Crypto-Malware Trackers Report a Surge in Known Ransomware Victims at End of 2023 Ransomware-wielding attackers show no signs of stopping, and experts report December 2023 was the second-worst month on record for known victims.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Prolific Ransomware Operation Tied to Big Hits Claims 'Everything Will Work Soon' Cybercrime underground chatter suggests ransomware group BlackCat - aka Alphv - is being disrupted by law enforcement.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The LockBit Ransomware Operation May Have Exploited Citrix Bleed A ransomware attack affecting the New York financial services subsidiary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China resulted in disruptions to the U.S. Close observers of the criminal underground say ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit is responsible.

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JULY 5, 2024

Ransomware Group Apparently Uses Leaked LockBit Builder Code to Mount Attacks A ransomware group that uses locker malware based on the leaked LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder compromised New Zealand's leading fitness equipment retailer. The DragonForce ransomware group on Tuesday said on its leak site that it stole 5.31

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MARCH 18, 2024

Review of Attacks Finds Inconsistent Data Leaks and Victim Naming, Broken Promises Ransomware groups hope threats are enough to sway victims so they don't have to follow through.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Ransomware gang INC Ransom allegedly claims to have carried out this latest attack. Clinicians Say Current Hack More Disruptive Than 2023 Attack Michigan-based McLaren Health Care is dealing with its second cyberattack in less than a year, disrupting IT systems and patient services at its 13 hospitals and other medical facilities.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. BlackCat formed by recruiting operators from several competing or disbanded ransomware organizations — including REvil , BlackMatter and DarkSide.

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JULY 19, 2024

Median Ransomware Attack Recovery Cost for Critical Infrastructure Is 4X Higher Ransomware remains a major threat to energy, oil/gas and utilities organizations of all sizes around the globe.

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JULY 31, 2024

UNC4393 Is a Financially Motivated Threat Group Active Since 2022 A newly identified financially motivated hacking group is deploying Basta ransomware as part of an ongoing campaign.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ongoing Innovation and Sophistication Drive Unparalleled Profits Attackers wielding ransomware collectively earned over $1 billion last year - breaking previous records.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

5 Suspects Arrested; Group Tied to Ransomware Attacks Against 1,800 Victims Police have arrested a group of criminals in Ukraine, including their alleged ringleader, who they suspect launched ransomware attacks against organizations across 71 countries, amassing at least 1,800 victims, from which they demanded ransoms collectively worth hundreds of (..)

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Emergency Services Are Suspended as Digital Systems Are Pulled Offline Ransomware operators disrupted emergency healthcare services over the weekend, crippling operations in nearly two dozen hospitals in Romania and France. Ransomware attacks increase the in-hospital mortality rate for already-admitted patients, a recent study concluded.

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MAY 7, 2024

Phones, Wi-Fi, Digital Payments Are Among the Affected Systems The city administration of Kansas's largest city shut down IT systems and switched to cash transactions in the wake of a ransomware attack detected on Sunday. Municipal officials from the city of Wichita said Tuesday that no timetable yet exists for the restoration of systems.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

During the last three months of 2023, an average of 29% of organizations hit by ransomware paid a ransom - a notable shift from what ransomware watchers saw in recent years.

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JUNE 11, 2024

Flaw Allows Unauthenticated Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code A ransomware operation with a history of exploiting widespread internet vulnerabilities lost little time in making use of a critical severity vulnerability in scripting language PHP.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Oxygen of Publicity' Helps Intimidate Victims and Recruit Affiliates, Experts Warn Seeking to maximize profits no matter the cost, ransomware groups have been bolstering their technical prowess and psychological shakedowns with a fresh strategy: attempting to control the narrative.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Also: French Museum Ransomware Attack, Cisco Smart Install and SharpRhino Malware This week, Royal ransomware, a French museum ransomware attack and a putative class action over a background check data breach.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ransomware Groups Listed 514 Victims in Total on Their Data Leak Sites Last Month The volume of known ransomware attacks surged last month to record-breaking levels, with groups collectively listing 514 victims on their data-leak sites, security researchers report.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors explore evolving ransomware threats, including rising attacks in healthcare and other critical sectors, a shift from cybercrime groups such as LockBit to lone-wolf operators, and why Russian ransomware gangs are dominating the global stage.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Don't Let the Quest for Data Lead You to Amplify What Criminals Might Be Claiming For the love of humanity, please stop playing into ransomware groups' hands by treating their data leak blogs as reliable sources of information and then using them to build lists of who's amassed the most victims.

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