authentication. From the law enforcement side, while they have had some recent successes with takedowns and arrests from LockBit to Qakbot, these successes have proven to be more akin to temporary disruptions than longer-term or permanent wins.” You can...

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...

2023. The AFP’s Operation Aquila also assisted law enforcement agencies from 10 countries in the campaign against the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation, the most prolific ransomware operator in the world. Australian businesses and individuals...

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....

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...

Sophos researchers have found that Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network. The Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary white paper, titled, Multiple Attackers: A Clear and Present Danger, has found...

Analysing the targeted ransomware attacks by group, the data shows Conti made 27% of the total attacks in Q1, followed by Lockbit 2.0 (26%), AlphaV, also known as BlackCat (9%), and Hive (7%). Conti and Lockbit 2.0 maintained nearly a similar percentage...

despite high-profile disruption operations that targeted two of the more prolific ransomware-as-a-service operators. Both LockBit and ALPHV had their darknet leak sites taken over by law enforcement in recent months, with LockBit’s alleged ringleader...

Nagoya Harbor Transportation Association has said that it received a ransom demand from the Russian-backed hacking group LockBit 3.0. The hacking group sent the message to the port authorities through a printer onsite, saying it had planted ransomware...

high rate of attacks is that – according to CISA – several “high-profile affiliates” have migrated to RansomHub from the LockBit and ALPHV ransomware operations. Given both of the latter gangs have experienced their own high-profile run-ins with...

The world’s most prolific ransomware group, LockBit, is back after being taken down by the world’s leading law enforcement authorities in a joint sting called Operation Cronos earlier this month. As reported by BleepingComputer, the group announced...

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...

that will be powered by Facebook, DeepSeek is back in the news, a horror week of hacks for some massive UK retail chains, LockBit, and the wonderful day and night that was last week’s Australian Cyber Summit and Australian Cyber Awards. Hollingworth and...

the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s recent judgment on the cause of the Optus hack, and recent moves from LockBit targeting US financial institutions and the Indonesian government. Enjoy the podcast, The Cyber Uncut team

around the world. Croft opens the podcast with the most recent developments in law enforcement’s efforts to tackle the LockBit ransomware gang, with four arrests made and sanctions placed against one of the gang’s major affiliates. Hollingworth then...

David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft look at the AI best of times and worst of times for the UK’s Lloyds Bank, see what LockBit’s up to in the ransomware space, and have a look at Australia’s new draft Children’s Online Privacy Code. Good news for Lloyds...

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...

to the bottom of a very confusing situation. They also discuss more details that have emerged from behind the scenes of the LockBit gang, and an accidental data breach at the Australian Human Rights Commission. Things get wrapped up with the CIA’s...

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...

stable during the first half of 2023, the incidents tracked by our research team attributed the highest numbers to LockBit, BlackCat, and Clop, in that order. One of the notable new groups to emerge is Akira, which became active at the end of March 2023...