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Why Criminals Keep Reusing Leaked Ransomware Builders

Data Breach Today

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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Who’s Behind the 8Base Ransomware Website?

Krebs on Security

The victim shaming website operated by the cybercriminals behind 8Base — currently one of the more active ransomware groups — was until earlier today leaking quite a bit of information that the crime group probably did not intend to be made public. The 8Base ransomware group’s victim shaming website on the darknet.

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Ransomware: It Takes A Village, Says NCSC

Data Breach Today

UK Crime and Cybersecurity Agencies Urge 'Holistic' View of Ransomware Ecosystem Stopping the ransomware epidemic is less about tackling individual crypto-locking malware variants and more about combating the entire ecosystem of bad actors underpinning digital extortion, the British government said Monday.

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UNC3944 Is Now Deploying Ransomware Variants

Data Breach Today

Financially Motivated Hackers Are Diversifying Operations A financially motivated criminal syndicate that mainly operates in Telegram and underground forums has expanded its criminal arsenals to deploy ransomware and other intrusion capabilities on various cloud applications, warn Mandiant researchers.

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How Preparation and Strategy Can Be Used to Fight and Defeat Any Ransomware Attack

Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP

Did you know that 2021 was a record-breaking year for ransomware? Considering the possible impact and the increased threat vector, deploying efficient ransomware protection must remain a priority for organizations of all sizes. Ransomware growth trends and stats. The costs and impact of a ransomware attack.

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Big MGM Resorts Outage Traces to Ransomware, Researchers Say

Data Breach Today

Alphv/BlackCat Group Reportedly Hit Casino Operator via Social Engineering Attack Booking and reservation systems, as well as slot machines, hotel room door locks, ATMs and more remain offline at multiple MGM Resorts properties as the publicly traded casino hotel giant battles "a cybersecurity issue" that one group of security researchers has tied (..)

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Monti Ransomware Deploying New Linux Encryptor

Data Breach Today

More Ransomware Groups Targeting Linux Systems A ransomware campaign by the recently emerged Monti ransomware group is targeting victims with a new Linux variant of its malware. The threat group is the latest in a growing number of ransomware groups finding profit in going after Linux infrastructure.

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