Tag: Extortion
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Clop Starts MOVEit Extortion as New Bug is Discovered
The Clop ransomware gang has begun publishing names of the organizations impacted by its recent data theft campaign, as MOVEit developer …
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LockBit Affiliate Arrested, as Extortion Totals Reach $91M Since 2020
A third perp has been fingered, but CISA warns that LockBit variants continue to be a major threat on a global …
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Researchers Report First Instance of Automated SaaS Ransomware Extortion
The attack highlights growing interest among threat actors to target data from software-as-a-service …
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Emerging Threats: Vice Society’s Double Extortion Strategy
Vice Society is a relatively new Russian-speaking hacking group that arose in the summer of 2021 with the motive of intrusion, …
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BianLian Cybercrime Group Changes Up Extortion Methods, Warns CISA
CISA urges small and midsized organizations as well as critical infrastructure to implement mitigations immediately to shield themselves …
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Former Ubiquiti Employee Gets 6 Years in Jail for $2 Million Crypto Extortion Case
A former employee of Ubiquiti has been sentenced to six years in jail after he pleaded guilty to posing as an anonymous hacker and a …
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Dragos Employee Hacked, Revealing Ransomware, Extortion Scheme
Attackers compromised the personal email of a new employee and, when the initial attack failed, attempted through socially engineered …
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Mandiant Report: Dwell Time Decreases While Ransomware, Extortion Flourish
Mandiant’s Charles Charmakal digs into the findings from the company’s latest annual M-Trends report, noting that average dwell time has …
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Triple Extortion and Erased Data are the New Ransomware Norm
The old days of “honest” ransomware gangs are long gone. In the past, ransomware groups pressured each other to honor file decryption …
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How to Defend Against Extortion Groups Like Lapsus$
The hacker group Lapsus$ (sometimes referred to as LAPSUS$ or simply Lapsus) is a relatively newer organization in the cyber arena. The …
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BianLian Ransomware: The Dangerous Shift Toward Pure Data Extortion
BianLian is a ransomware group that first appeared in July 2022, successfully infiltrating several high-profile organizations. It seems …
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BianLian Ransomware Pivots From Encryption to Pure Data-Theft Extortion
The ransomware group has already claimed 116 victim organizations so far on its site, and it continues to mature as a thriving …
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