Double Extortion

Knight Ransomware Attack: Businesses and Healthcare Targeted

| | Business data protection, Cyber Attack Prevention, Cyber Threats, cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Measures, Cybersecurity News, data exfiltration, Double Extortion, healthcare cybersecurity, Knight ransomware, Malware Detection, Phishing Campaigns, RansomHub, ransomware as a service, ransomware attack, ransomware defense, ransomware recovery, Ransomware variants, Security Vulnerabilities, Threat Intelligence
A recent emergence in the cybercrime landscape involves a ransomware strain known as RansomHub, which has surfaced as a successor to the notorious Knight ransomware attack. Initially identified as Cyclops 2.0, Knight ...
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CACTUS Qlik Ransomware: Vulnerabilities Exploited

| | Analytics Software, Arctic Wolf, BI Systems, BITS, CACTUS Qlik Ransomware, CVEs, Cyberattack Campaign, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity News, Data Visualization, Double Extortion, Exploits, HTTP Tunneling, Incident Response, ManageEngine UMES, patching, path traversal, powershell, Qlik Sense, ransomware tactics, Rclone, RDP, Remote Code Execution, Security Vulnerabilities, Sophos Endpoint Security, threat actors, VPN Appliance Flaws, WizTree
A cyberattack campaign dubbed the CACTUS Qlik Ransomware has become prominent in ransomware attacks on BI systems. Researchers have warned of threat actors exploiting three Qlik security vulnerabilities to target different organizations ...
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DORA, regulatory, LockBit ransomware DOJ reward

Black Basta Extortion Group Racks Up $107 Million in Ransom Payments

| | Black Basta Ransomware, Conti ransomware, Double Extortion
Anyone who wonders why the threat of ransomware continues to grow need only to take a look at Black Basta, the prolific extortion gang that last year likely rose from the ashes ...
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FBI And CISA Warn Of Rhysida Ransomware Threat

| | Cybersecurity Alert, Cybersecurity Best Practices, Cybersecurity Incident Response, Cybersecurity News, Cybersecurity Threat, Double Extortion, Forta Research, IT Company Operations, Living-off-the-land (LotL) Techniques, Lumar Malware, Phishing Campaigns, ransomware attack, Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), Rhysida Ransomware, Threat Intelligence, Tor Network, Vice Society, Zerologon Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472)
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a warning against the Rhysida ransomware threat. As per the FBI and CISA warning, it ...
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ransomware, backups, LockBit ransomware Federal Reserve

Akira Ransomware Racks Up at Least 63 Victims in 4 Months

| | Akira, Cybersecurity, Double Extortion, Ransomware
The Akira ransomware group, which launched four months ago, has racked up at least 63 victims, most of which are small and midsize businesses, according to a new report from Arctic Wolf ...
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BlackByte Stormous Ransomware

BlackByte is Back and Acting a Lot Like LockBit

| | BlackByte, Colonial Pipeline, dark web, Double Extortion, LockBit2.0, Ransomware
Like many ransomware strains, BlackByte has reemerged after a brief hiatus—and in its second iteration has already taken to hacker forums to push a new Tor data leak site that taps some ...
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Rubrik security OpenText insurance ransom ShinyHunters ransomware

The Million-Dollar Question: To Pay or Not to Pay Ransom?

| | cybercriminals, disrupting ransomware payments, Double Extortion, Ransom, Ransomware
Ransomware is one of the most serious threats to businesses today. In fact, a recent survey found that 85% of enterprises are more concerned about the prospect of ransomware attacks than any ...
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ransomware , insurance, payouts, security, Babuk Locker

Defending Against Modern Ransomware Tactics

| | Data breach, Double Extortion, Ransomware, tabletop exercises, TTPs
Ransomware gangs are continuing to evolve new tactics and techniques, and organizations need to be better prepared to defend against them in 2022. In the business of extorting money from victims, bad ...
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A Brief History of Ransomware Evolution

A Brief History of Ransomware Evolution

| | AIDS Trojan, Anti-Ransomware, Cryptolocker, Cybereason Anti-Ransomware Solution, Cybereason Predictive Ransomware Protection, Cybersecurity, Double Extortion, Infosec, Initial Access Brokers, Maze, Multi-Stage Ransomware, Prediction Algorithm, RansomOps, Ransomware, ransomware as a service, Ransomware-as-s-Service, Ransomware: The True Cost to Business, security
Wondering where the scourge of ransomware attacks currently stands? In a recent report titled Ransomware: The True Cost to Business, we noted that ransomware attacks occur about every 11 seconds. That rate ...
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Which Data Do Ransomware Attackers Target for Double Extortion?

Which Data Do Ransomware Attackers Target for Double Extortion?

| | Anti-Ransomware, antivirus, Cybereason Anti-Ransomware Solution, Cybereason Predictive Ransomware Protection, Data Backups, Double Extortion, endpoint detection and response, Endpoint Protection Platform, Infosec, Network Security, Next Generation Antivirus, Prediction Algorithm, RansomOps, Ransomware, security, Unified Endpoint Security
Double extortion is one of the most prevalent ransomware tactics today. The attackers first exfiltrate sensitive information from their target before launching the ransomware encryption routine. The threat actor then demands a ...
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