Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

3 Suspects Charged With Using Sugar Ransomware, Phishing Attacks Against RussiansRussian authorities have reportedly arrested three accused members of the SugarLocker ransomware-as-a-service operation. Their alleged crime? Targeting Russians, although one suspect has also been tied to a massive hack of Australian health insurer Medibank and subsequent data leak.

Governments from Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. have imposed financial sanctions on a Russian national for his alleged role in the 2022 ransomware attack against health insurance provider Medibank

Governments Accuse Aleksandr Ermakov and REvil of Being Medibank HackersThe United States, Australia and the United Kingdom sanctioned a Russian man the governments say was behind the October 2022 hacking of Medibank, Australia's largest private health insurer. The attack was a high point in a wave of data breaches buffeting the country that year.

Aleksandr Ermakov, alongside other members of the REvil ransomware gang, are responsible for one of the biggest cyberattacks in Australia's history.

The Australian government has announced sanctions for Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, a Russian national considered responsible for the 2022 Medibank hack and a member of the REvil ransomware group. [...]

The Australian government has announced sanctions for Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, a Russian national considered responsible for the 2022 Medibank hack and a member of the REvil ransomware group. [...]

If safety regulations are written in blood, what are security policies written in? Sweat and cursing? Australian health insurance company Medibank will take all of its IT systems offline and close its branches over the weekend as part of its ongoing efforts to improve security and recover from a massive data security breach in October.…

A ransomware gang that some believe is a relaunch of REvil and others track as BlogXX has claimed responsibility for last month's ransomware attack against Australian health insurance provider Medibank Private Limited. [...]