emails, opting to pay disgruntled insiders for credentials that will allow access to the network, as demonstrated in the LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks. Whatever the source of an insider threat, the impacts can be huge. According to the Ponemon...

higher volumes and greater complexity of how data is being managed," Wilson added. [Related: Accenture attacked with LockBit ransomware]

councils so far have confirmed that data has been stolen as a result of the breach, after notorious ransomware gang LockBit 3.0 breached the third-party provider. Melbourne’s Knox City Council issued a statement, saying that while its own systems had...

the Vanir Group leader laid out the gang’s operations. “Vanir Group is made up of ex-affiliates of groups like Karakurt and LockBit as well as Knight ransomware, they were all disgruntled for whatever reasons and they came to us,” BlackEyedBastard said...

majority of operations have now been fully restored.” While Pierce Transit did not reveal the identity of the hacker, the LockBit ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack, demanding a US$1,999,999 ransom for either the destruction or...

by terminating a range of processes on targeted networks. BlackCat also shares some similarities with BlackMatter and LockBit ransomware, which suggests there may be some cooperation between their operators. The Office of Information Security (OIS) does...

is the target of the charges and has been a part of the development of a number of ransomware variants, including Hive, LockBit, and Babuk. Matveev has been very vocal about his ransomware exploits, going so far as to boast about stealing data from a...

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...

targeting entities within Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe and the threat posed by ransomware operators. Just last week, the LockBit ransomware gang, a prolific Russian-speaking group, claimed to have gained access to information that could destroy the...

even after they have been asked to rein it in,” Neuberger said. “The developer and administrator of the cyber criminal gang LockBit is Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev, whom our Department of Justice has charged for committing hacking crimes. “We...

the gang only began operations in February of this year, but it does note that the gang appears to have some links to the LockBit gang based on the design of its darknet leak site. Dispossessor – also known as Radar, the FBI said – is, possibly was, a...

according to reports, and is best known as a result of being deployed by a threat actor following a failed deployment of LockBit ransomware back in September 2023. The group, like most ransomware gangs, has a standardised ransom note that claims it has...

affected, there is massive potential for that number to grow significantly. The attack was claimed by cyber criminal group LockBit, which listed Pareto Phone on its dark web leak site on 31 July. The threat group said it had stolen 150 gigabytes of...

LockBit outdoes itself, with 20 victims claimed in the last seven days, as the overall number of ransomware attacks skyrockets. In what we sincerely hope is not a trend likely to continue, ransomware attacks have increased by 89 per cent above last...

Incidents drop, LockBit remains on top, and Australia finds itself in the top five most attacked countries. Thankfully, we’ve seen a pretty significant drop from our last seven-day reporting period this week. Total attacks numbered 64, an impressive 31...

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...

LockBit finally has a competitor, and numbers drop overall – plus China gets hacked! The LockBit gang continues to post victims, suggesting that its infrastructure may be up and running after its apparent takedown by a coalition of law enforcement...

Ransomware incidents drop drastically, and not just because LockBit is out of the picture. The big news in ransomware this week isn’t an attack or even lots of attacks – it’s the takedown of the most prolific ransomware group in the world, LockBit. A...

LockBit is on a winning streak as US organisations face the brunt of ransomware attacks. Security researchers have observed 35 ransomware attacks worldwide in the last seven days. The most affected country is the United States, with 14 US entities...

Attacks skyrocket and LockBit continues to be public enemy number one when it comes to ransomware impact. So much for the numbers being steady – this week, ransomware attacks around the globe jumped up by 29 per cent from last week’s 68 attacks to 119...