came to light when Design Intoto, an Australian retail design company, was listed for the second time this year by the LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang, just three months after it had been listed by RansomHub in April. Speaking with Cyber Daily, Design...

to “professionals in air medical transport services across Australia and New Zealand”, has allegedly been hacked by the LockBit 5.0 ransomware operation. The hackers listed the ASA in an 11 February leak post, and while no evidence of the hack has been...

Evolve Bank & Trust, the organisation that had its data leaked by LockBit in place of the US Federal Reserve, has confirmed the authenticity of the leak. In a release on its website, the bank said it had launched an investigation into the breach, and...

employee data was,” the company said on its FAQ page. Indigo’s investigations revealed that the criminals used the popular LockBit ransomware in the attack. “Although we do not know the identity of the criminals, some criminal groups using LockBit are...

of individuals identified who may face serious risk of data misuse,” it said. The attack has been claimed by the prolific LockBit 3.0 ransomware group, which listed the group on its dark web leak site on 30 December 2023. LockBit claims Eagers...

victims.” A number of these groups were rebrands of dismantled or other groups, particularly following the downfall of LockBit, which had been a cyber crime titan for some time until “Operation Cronos” dismantled its infrastructure and arrested a number...

groups trends, patterns, and observations Dragos’ analysis of numerous ransomware data from Q2 indicates that the LockBit group was behind most attacks against industrial organisations, with approximately 21 per cent (or 66 incidents) of observed...

advisory issued about them. Ransomware became the number one attack vector in the industrial sector. Two groups, Conti and Lockbit 2.0, caused 51 per cent of total industrial ransomware attacks, with 70 per cent of their activity targeting...

targeted the Indonesian government, demanding a ransom of US$8 million. The group uses a minimally modified version of the LockBit 3.0 builder for its encryptor, according to WatchGuard. Like other ransomware groups, it poses as a helpful entity aiming...

for the UK Ministry of Defence, which resulted in its data being leaked and posted online. Prolific ransomware actor LockBit launched an attack on fencing manufacturer Zaun last month, publishing the data on its leak site. “On 5th – 6th August, Zaun was...

Following claims by LockBit that Darktrace’s systems had been compromised, cyber security firm Darktrace has stated that it has verified that its systems were never breached. Darktrace issued the statement on Thursday last week (13 April) after the...

In an odd turn of events for one of the most notorious ransomware gangs in the world, LockBit has issued an apology for its attack on the largest children’s hospital in Canada. The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) fell victim to a cyber attack on...

or corrupting the files rather than encrypting them. “We also observed an interesting series of events involving the LockBit ransomware group. “The events include the group offering bug bounties to those who discover vulnerabilities or deliver ideas to...

Of the 905 global ransomware incidents affecting industrial organisations, 13 targeted Australian entities. The recent Lockbit 3.0 attack on DP World Australia highlighted the potential cascading impacts of ransomware on industrial operations, supply...

becoming more popular than file encryption-based attacks. And despite high-profile takedowns of prominent actors such as LockBit and ALPHV, the number of victims exposed on darknet leak sites actually increased. In the wake of those takedowns, RansomHub...

essential services and cause severe impact to public safety.” Last month, Russian state-backed cyber criminals from the LockBit hacking gang targeted the toll operator for Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel. The operator, Transurban, said that the attack would...

its activity declines only after 9:00 PM. Conti has worked closely with other ransomware operators such as Ryuk, Netwalker, LockBit, and Maze. The group tested Maze's ransomware, reverse-engineered it, and thereby significantly improved their own. An...

been seen deploying remote desktop applications, before moving laterally and executing further binaries. Both the Akira and LockBit ransomware groups have been seen operating in this fashion. Rapid7’s researchers believe the increase in attacks could be...

Canada’s healthcare system has seen a sharp rise in the number of cyber attacks in the last few months. In December, a LockBit affiliate compromised a number of important systems at the country’s largest children’s hospital, The Hospital for Sick...

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...