The Royal ransomware group targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and other countries is made up of experienced ransomware attackers and has strong similarities to Conti, the infamous Russia-linked hacking group, according to a new alert issued by U.S. authorities.
The Biden administration, in its new national cybersecurity strategy, is doubling down on its efforts to combat ransomware, in part by designating it as a national security problem. Experts say this puts more "instruments of national power" - including military options - at the president's disposal.
In this week's roundup: an incident affecting News Corp and ransomware at Dish Network, Washington's Pierce Transit and the U.S. Marshals Service. Also: a DDoS attack on Danish hospitals from a threat actor that isn't what it claims and a bit of good news about a ransomware decryptor.
Hackers maliciously encrypted a system belonging to the U.S. Marshals Service, compromising and exfiltrating sensitive data law enforcement data. "The system was disconnected shortly and the Department of Justice initiated a forensic investigation," said an agency spokesman.
A lack of visibility makes it nearly impossible to protect an organization against attack. If you can't see what's lurking in the dark corners of your environment, all you can do is react instead of actively identifying and mitigating risks. But some technologies can help with threat visibility.
Healthcare last year was the most attacked sector within critical infrastructure, David Scott, deputy assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division, told a Scottish cybersecurity conference. The bureau in 2022 received 870 complaints showing indicators of a critical infrastructure ransomware attack.
The Asia-Pacific region had the dubious distinction of being the global region that faced the most cyberattacks during 2022, as observed by IBM's threat intelligence platform. IBM says the region accounted for 31% of all incidents monitored during 2022.
Federal authorities are urging the healthcare sector to ratchet up defenses against potential assaults by Russian-linked Clop on the heels of the ransomware-as-a-service group's recent alleged mass attacks exploiting a vulnerability in vendor Fortra's secure file transfer software GoAnyWhere MFT.
Cybercrime experts have long urged victims to never pay a ransom in return for any promise an attacker makes to delete stolen data. That's because, as a recent case highlights, whatever extortionists might promise, stolen personal data is lucrative, and it often gets sold six ways from Sunday.
A Russian national accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of developing an application for decrypting login credentials pleaded not guilty during a first appearance in Tampa federal court. The man, Dariy Pankov, faces seven criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and computer fraud.
Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in the world of digital assets. This week, we look at incidents at Hope Finance, decentralized finance firm new malware demanding crypto and a phishing campaign aimed at Coinbase.
The Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed that records containing mental health data and other sensitive information of about 2,000 students, including 60 current pupils, were among data leaked in a ransomware attack last fall by Russian hacking group Vice Society.
Five proposed class action lawsuits have been filed so far in the wake of a California medical group's Feb. 1 report of a ransomware attack last December affecting more than 3.3 million individuals. The incident is the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far this year.
The newly relaunched HardBit 2.0 ransomware group is now demanding victims disclose details of their cyber insurance coverage before negotiating a ransom demand. The group, which has been active since 2022, has demanded that one victim pay $10 million in ransom, according to researchers at Varonis.
Will large language models such as ChatGPT take cybercrime to new heights? Researchers say AI for malicious use so far remains a novelty rather than a useful and reliable cybercrime tool. But as AI capabilities and chatbots improve, the cybersecurity writing is on the wall.
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