Targeting MOVEit Transfer

Security researchers have linked a new wave of mass hacks targeting a popular file transfer tool to the Clop ransomware gang.

Rome might have fallen but government says it never happened

Italy’s tax agency was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend, but investigators insist that there was no evidence of a breach.

Targets VMware ESXi servers

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that's being used to attack VMware ESXi servers.

IBM warns

Biggish Blue’s annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index said that there had been a 33 per cent increase in attacks caused by vulnerability exploitation of unpatched software which were the cause of 44 per cent of ransomware attacks.

 
Address the threat of ransomware

The White House will convene a 30 country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security.

It asked nicely

G7 member states have asked Russia and other countries to crack down on ransomware gangs operating within their borders.

But KKK are still “good people”

The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cybercriminals.

Ransomware 2.0 has opposable thumbs

Data-stealing ransomware attacks are evolving into data-stealing attacks, according to a new security update from F-Secure. 

Could be risky

Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft’s widely used mail server software, a researcher said late Wednesday - a serious escalation that could portend widespread digital disruption.

New report shows

 Cyber criminals are being paid by big corporations to free themselves from ransomware, according to the 2020 Veritas Technologies Ransomware Resiliency Report.