Lockbit
Inside 2025’s Top Threat Groups: Why Familiar Actors Still Have the Upper Hand
Jamie Moles | | AI Driven Attacks, Black Basta, cyberattackers, cybersecurity visibility, Lockbit, Phishing Attacks, RansomHub, Ransomware Threats, security operations, Threat groups, Threat Intelligence
New research reveals how ransomware groups like LockBit and Black Basta exploit visibility gaps, leaving security teams struggling to keep pace ...
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Emulating the Blazing DragonForce Ransomware
Francis Guibernau | | adversary emulation, Broad-Based Attacks, DragonForce, Lockbit, Mimikatz, Ransomware, ransomware as a service
AttackIQ has released two new attack graphs that emulate the behaviors exhibited by DragonForce ransomware since its emergence in August 2023. Initially based entirely on the leaked LockBit 3.0 (Black) builder, it ...
Ransom Payments Fell 35% in 2024 After LockBit, BlackCat Takedowns
Jeffrey Burt | | Blackcat, BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware, Chainalysis, Lockbit, ransom payments, Ransomware
Law enforcement actions, better defenses, and a refusal by victims to pay helped to reduce the amount of ransoms paid in 2024 by $35%, a sharp decline from the record $1.25 billion ...
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LockBit, RansomHub Lead Ransomware Attacks in July
Global ransomware attacks surged by 19% in July compared to June, climbing from 331 to 395 incidents, according to the latest data from NCC Group ...
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Report Details Reemergence of Lockbit 3.0 Ransomware Syndicate
An analysis of ransomware attacks claimed to have been perpetrated by cybercriminal syndicates that was published today by NCC Group, a provider of managed security services, finds LockBit 3.0 has reemerged to ...
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LockBit Victim? Ask FBI for Your Ransomware Key
Richi Jennings | | #StopRansomware, British, British intelligence, Bryan Vorndran, Dimitri Khoroshev, FBI, fbi annoucement, FBI Cyber Division, Lockbit, LockBit ransomware, LockBitsupp, National Crime Agency, Nerowolfe, Operation Cronos, Putinkrab, Ransomware, Russia, SB Blogwatch, U.K. National Crime Agency, uk, US FBI
Spy warez: Assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division Bryan Vorndran (pictured) might have the key to unscramble your files ...
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LockBit, RAGroup Drive Ransomware Attacks in March
Global ransomware attacks rose slightly in March compared to the previous month, as ransomware cabal RAGroup ramped up activity by more than 300%. However, overall activity declined 8% year-over-year, according to NCC ...
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LockBit Hacker Sentenced To 4 Years Jail Plus Fined $860K
Wajahat Raja | | cryptocurrency, cyber extortion, Cyber Terrorism, cybercrime, Cybercrime Trends, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity News, Data breach, Hacker Sentencing, International Cooperation, Justice System, law enforcement, Legal Proceedings, Lockbit, money laundering, Ransomware
Recent reports about legal proceedings, a 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national, Mikhail Vasiliev, has been handed a sentence of almost four years in Canadian prison. Vasiliev’s involvement in the global ransomware scheme known as ...
Locking Up Lockbit: The Fall of a Ransomware Cartel
Joao Correia | | cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Lockbit, Malware & Exploits, Ransomware, Ransomware Cartel
As of the time I’m writing this, earlier this week a cybersecurity bombshell story just broke that, for once, is actually a positive turn of events. I’m talking about Operation Cronos, an ...
LockBit Takedown by Brits — Time for ‘Operation Cronos’
Richi Jennings | | British, British intelligence, Infrastructure Takedown, Lockbit, LockBit ransomware, National Crime Agency, network takedown, Operation Cronos, SB Blogwatch, takedown, takedowns, U.K. National Crime Agency, uk, website takedown, website takedowns
RaaS nicked: 11-nation army led by UK eliminates ransomware-for-hire scrotes’ servers ...
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