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Survey of cybersecurity leaders suggests that majority would strongly consider paying cybercriminals, if that’s what it took to help restore encrypted systems
While ‘traditional’ ransomware attacks remain stable, some gangs are shifting towards exploiting zero-days and supply chains to go straight to stealing data
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General confirmed the OAG had refused to pay a ransom demand to the attackers after files were encrypted
Ransomware actors deploy a range of activities to make it harder for victims to recover and increase the consequences of not paying demands
Some admins of Hunters International are now part of the encryption-less cyber extortion group World Leaks
Group-IB also revealed the ransomware uses Chacha20 and RSA-OAEP for encryption
Cisco Talos announced that a decryption key for the Babuk Tortilla ransomware variant is available for victims to download
Mortgage lender LoanDepot has revealed a ransomware breach resulting in stolen and encrypted data
Researchers at SRLabs have revealed a new suite of decryption tools for Black Basta ransomware
Sophos claims more victims are taking longer to recover
Sophos researchers said the increased success rates was partly due to threat actors speeding up their attack timelines
VMware explained that 8Base employs a combination of encryption and “name-and-shame” tactics
Overall, ransomware infections remain steady, Sophos maintains
FBI distributes hundreds of decryption keys to victims
New technique makes for faster encryption and improved evasion
CISA issues new alert about RaaS variant
Hive is not the first ransomware written in Rust, and follows in the footsteps of BlackCat
Bureau asks for IP logs and benign samples of encrypted files to aid ransomware investigation