Maze
A Brief History of Ransomware Evolution
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 ...
How the Ransomware Gangs Stay One Step Ahead
Ransomware attacks increased dramatically in the first half of 2021. As reported by ITProPortal, the volume of global ransomware hit 304.7 million during that six-month period. That’s 0.1 million more ransomware attacks ...
Top 5 Ransomware Attacks to Watch Out for in 2021
Ransomware Attacks Double and Evolve Year-on-year! Security researchers have uncovered that year-on-year ransomware attacks are doubling in number. According to a report from The post Top 5 Ransomware Attacks to Watch Out ...
Health Care Remains a Prime Target for Ransomware Attacks
It’s easy to be distracted by the flood of other distressing news each day, but the FBI, CISA and HHS recently urged the health care industry to stay on high alert for ...
Ransomware Gangs Not Honoring Ransom Payments for Stolen Data
Security researchers observed that multiple ransomware gangs are not honoring the ransom payments received from victims for their stolen data. In its Quarterly Ransomware Report for Q3 2020, Coveware revealed that almost ...
Maze Ransomware Gang to Shut Down Operations
Security researchers learned that the Maze digital crime gang is in the process of shutting down its ransomware operations. Bleeping Computer began hearing rumors of the shutdown in early September 2020. In ...
The Curious Case of SunCrypt
Toward the end of August, the gang behind the SunCrypt ransomware strain announced they had joined the Maze cartel of ransomware operators, which currently boasts Maze, LockBit and Ragnar Locker. After that ...
Maze Gang Distributed Ransomware Payload Inside VM
The gang responsible for the Maze ransomware family conducted an attack in which they distributed their malware payload inside of a virtual machine (VM). Sophos’ Managed Threat Response (MTR) observed the technique ...
Ransomware Characteristics and Attack Chains – What you Need to Know about Recent Campaigns
Ransomware has been around for decades going back all the way to 1989. Since then it has only magnified in scope and complexity. Now at a time when working remotely is becoming ...
Cyber Security Roundup for July 2020
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, June 2020.Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a sophisticated nation-state ...
