GUEST OPINION by Rapid7 Senior Director, Threat Analytics, Christiaan Beek: The ransomware landscape in 2024 continued to ...

All signs pointed to ALPHV running off with the ransom and pulling an “exit scam.” In a posting, the ALPHV affiliate who carried out the hack on Change Healthcare claimed that the ALPHV ...

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This FAQ also stated that PowerSchool paid a ransom to prevent the stolen data from being leaked privately, seeing a video of the threat actor claiming to delete the data. While the company showed ...

Ransomware spotlight: BlackBasta attack on BT highlights risks to CNI On December 4, 2024, Black Basta allegedly ransomed BT, the multinational telecommunications group, claiming the exfiltration ...

This tactic has been observed since late last year in attacks attributed to Black Basta ransomware but researchers at cybersecurity company Sophos have seen the same method being used by other ...

Once the ransomware is done, it leaves a ransom note titled “Readme.txt,” containing instructions for file recovery, it also changes the wallpaper with a note saying that “all your important files ...

Sophos said it was tracking the threats as STAC5143 and STAC5777. The latter shares characteristics of Storm-1811 – a financially motivated cybercrime group known to deploy Black Basta ransomware.

ArcelorMittal SA’s plans to shut down a century-old steel mill in South Africa are holding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dream of fostering a $257 billion (R4.8-trillion) infrastructure boom to ransom.

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It also set a $600,000 ransom demand for the "deletion" of the council's data. Although cybercriminals typically make promises such as these, the prevailing belief among experts is that they are ...