LockBit returns like nothing ever happened, as the number of incidents jumps by 25 per cent. It was simply too good to last. Within days of its darknet leak site being dramatically seized by an international coalition of law enforcement agencies,...

the possibility of data belonging to the company’s various charity partners being leaked – but what’s actually inside LockBit’s 150 gigabyte data dump? There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of data involved. The text file of just the file tree information...

has come forward to reveal the company’s poor data-handling practices. After the company fell victim to ransomware gang LockBit in August, a wide swathe of data was posted on the darknet, including detailed documents related to the charities that had...

that is commonly used by Chinese threat actors. The most common ransomware tool detected via Trellix’s telemetry was LockBit, a program which blocks user access to a PC, and will only lift restrictions once a ransom is paid to the offender. LockBit made...

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...

for a much higher ransom price. Alongside the multiple extortion methods of DeadBolt and the ALPHV gang, the release of LockBit 3.0, a new version of the most prolific active ransomware, brought the possibility for other threat actors to buy stolen...

tests. It has also tested ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US. [Related: Italian tax office reportedly hit by LockBit 3.0 hack]

ransomware groups an Australian organisation is most likely to be targeted by, you might expect to be dealing with either LockBit or RansomHub. However, while they’re historically the threat actors with the most Australian victims, the current reality...

an influx of “pen-testers”, according to a security researcher’s report. Infamous ransomware-as-a-service operation LockBit may still be in operation, but it appears last month’s takedown of the gang by an international law enforcement action may have...

(RaaS) called “SHINYSP1D3R”, which it claims to be better than rival RaaS offerings. The group specifically called out LockBit and DragonForce and heavily pushed its claimed access to an inventory of zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities. “DRAGONFORCE...

Global law enforcement has seemingly resurrected the seized dark web leak site of the LockBit ransomware gang once again, teasing new arrests and information. LockBit was seized as part of Operation Cronos in February this year, an international sting...

TissuPath hack, which saw diagnostic and patient records posted on the dark web leak site of notorious ransomware gang LockBit. Real estate agent Barry Plant's Blackburn branch and strata provider Strata Plan were also impacted by the data breach....

LockBit 3.0 continues its ransomware spree, this time publishing data from a compromised system belonging to Seasons Darling Harbour, part of the Seasons Apartment Hotel Group. The company had been given an apparent deadline of 2 September to pay a...

69 ransomware incidents, followed by industrial control systems, with 58. Despite law enforcement takedowns and arrests, LockBit remained the most active ransomware group, with 70 incidents, followed by Play with 63 and RansomHub with 56. The three...

large-scale disruption. However, ransomware remained the biggest threat to OT in the industrial sector. Just three groups – LockBit, ALPHV, and Black Basta – were responsible for just over half of all attacks against OT, while manufacturing remained the...

and equipment. Attacks against the manufacturing sector rose from 424 in Q4 2024 to 480 reported incidents in Q1 2025. LockBit activity has fallen sharply in this first quarter of 2025, with only seven reported attacks. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Clop...

is the recycling of old data disguised as new leaks. FunkSec appears to be making this practice its main business model and LockBit continues to follow suit, no doubt in an attempt to appear to be as active as it was before a series of law enforcement...

is the reuse of previously leaked data. The Babuk group has been utilising old data from previous RansomHub, FunkSec and LockBit leaks, while FunkSec has engaged in similar practice on several occasions. Even LockBit turned to recycling old data in the...

49 industrial targets in the second quarter of the year compared to 13 in the previous period. “Likely derived from leaked LockBit 3.0 source code, its ransomware toolkit emphasises modular flexibility and advanced double-extortion tactics, combining...

Dragos’ latest Industrial Ransomware Analysis report reveals the rise of Qilin and the fall of LockBit, as RaaS services dominate. The risks facing industrial organisations continued to escalate into the third quarter of 2024, with incidents impacting...