Attacks remain steady this week as LockBit continues to dominate the ransomware landscape. Ransomware attacks have remained relatively steady this week, with just a slight 3 per cent rise to 68 attacks compared to the last seven-day period we looked...

Court grants injunction against accessing any data currently published or to be published in the future following a LockBit ransomware attack. The Supreme Court of NSW has granted an injunction restraining third parties from accessing or disseminating...

very likely some of the data is historical in nature. While MCNA did not report the threat actor behind the incident, the LockBit ransomware group posted more details of the attack on its own dark website. It included sample data as well and confirmed...

was the specific nature of the incident nor who was responsible. Despite this, the siliconANGLE website reports that the LockBit ransomware gang was responsible. Despite this, LockBit has made no such claim on its darknet leak site, despite the ransom...

where possible. You can read the November 2023 report here. Ransomware Operators: Akira, 8Base, Knight, DragonForce, LockBit, Cactus Companies targeted: Nine Total data allegedly impacted: More than 460 gigabytes Ransomware operators were somewhat in...

leave the past behind, others with new infrastructure and techniques to show for their temporary absence from public view. LockBit is one of the gangs to re-emerge without a new name but with a fresh set of techniques. The gang is known to target ANZ...

Overall, these types of business relationships raise the risk level that industrial organisations face from ransomware. LockBit 3.0 accounted for 21 per cent (or 40 incidents) of the 189 ransomware incidents that impacted industrial organisations and...

continue. Moves and changes in the ransomware space The demise of Conti and the introduction of a new version of LockbBit, LockBit 3.0, Black Basta and several other ransomware groups targeting ICS/OT restructured the ransomware industry in 2022....

I’m on the list of those compromised. Talk about poor communication,” said one former employee. The ransomware group LockBit (LockBit is also the name of the ransomware software in question) has taken responsibility for the attack and has given Indigo...

the period of April to April, a 5.8 per cent increase on the previous year. As to the ransomware gangs themselves, while LockBit was clearly the most active group during the period, with 998 attacks – compared to 410 undertaken by the number two...

into an incident involving BlackMatter ransomware. The research also highlights similarities with the REvil and LockBit 2.0 ransomware groups. According to Mark Loman, director of engineering at Sophos, the connection their research found that this is...

Cross City Tunnel reporting that it had been sent ransomware demands. It is believed that the Kremlin-backed hacking gang Lockbit breached the systems of a previous Cross City Tunnel operator by hacking a legacy computing and data storage system. The...

You can read the January 2024 report here. Ransomware Operators: Medusa, Hunters International, Black Basta, ThreeAM, LockBit Companies targeted: Five Total data allegedly impacted: At least 395 gigabytes With LockBit being taken down earlier this...

April, RansomHub was arguably one of, if not the most infamous active ransomware operation, largely filling a gap left by LockBit after it struggled to rebuild following law enforcement takedowns. However, on 1 April, the ransomware operation went...

using remote encryption techniques as part of their attacks. This includes threat actors such as Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal, and Black Basta – all of whom have been very active in 2023 and nearly all of whom have been active in Australia....

Millions have been impacted after LockBit leaked the data of Evolve Bank & Trust last month, according to a new breach notification. In June, the LockBit ransomware gang threatened to leak the data of the US Federal Reserve, but instead leaked the data...

Croft to unpack the week in cyber security. From hacks abroad and closer to home, the changing tactics of the once prolific LockBit ransomware gang, to new Australian laws introduced to protect our privacy and stop the spread of misinformation, the pair...

Uncut podcast, hosts David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft detail multiple Australian hacks, theft of frequent flyer points, LockBit striking back, and the launch of the Australian Cyber Network. Croft gets things started with a rundown of Australia’s...

and most intriguing stories of the year, from CrowdStrike’s outage and amazing response to the takedown of ransomware giant LockBit. Croft kicks off with the epic story of the Change Healthcare hack, which saw the data of about a third of the population...

leaks are not new; they are, in fact, data exposed in previous ransomware attacks by gangs such as RansomHub, FunkSec, and LockBit. Not only does the data appear to be duplicated on mass, but so is the copy accompanying each leak. For instance, the...