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Feds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates

Krebs on Security

authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit , a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. Investigators used the existing design on LockBit’s victim shaming website to feature press releases and free decryption tools.

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Ransomware Actors Exploit Critical Bug, Target DevOps Tool

Data Breach Today

Multiple Organizations Victimized Over the Weekend Ransomware hackers are using a critical flaw in a DevOps tool days developer JetBrains issued a critical security update to patch its TeamCity build management and continuous integration server.

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Kaseya Obtains Decryption Tool After REvil Ransomware Hit

Data Breach Today

Software Vendor Said Approximately 60 MSPs and 1,500 Clients Affected by Attack Remote management software vendor Kaseya has obtained a decryption tool for all organizations affected by the massive ransomware attack launched via its software. The tool should especially help the many small businesses still struggling to recover.

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CISA Tool Helps Measure Readiness to Thwart Ransomware

Data Breach Today

Tool Designed to Gauge Whether Organizations Have Adequate Defense, Recovery Measures The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a Ransomware Readiness Assessment audit tool to help organizations size up their ability to defend against and recover from attacks.

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How WastedLocker Evades Anti-Ransomware Tools

Data Breach Today

Sophos Says Malware Designed to Avoid Security Measures WastedLocker, a ransomware strain that reportedly shut down Garmin's operations for several days in July, is designed to avoid security tools within infected devices, according to a technical analysis from Sophos.

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Ransomlooker, a new tool to track and analyze ransomware groups’ activities

Security Affairs

Ransomlooker monitors ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide. Cybernews presented Ransomlooker , a tool to monitor ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide.

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BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption

Krebs on Security

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. The FBI said it seized the gang’s darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems.