Tag: ransom payment
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The Register: The intruder is in the house: Storm-0501 attacked Azure, stole data, demanded payment via Teams
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/27/storm0501_ransomware_azure_teams/ Source: The Register Title: The intruder is in the house: Storm-0501 attacked Azure, stole data, demanded payment via Teams Feedly Summary: Don’t let it happen to you Storm-0501, a financially motivated cybercrime crew, recently broke into a large enterprise’s on-premises and cloud environments, ultimately exfiltrating and destroying data within the org’s Azure…
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Slashdot: UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/232218/uk-to-ban-public-sector-orgs-from-paying-ransomware-gangs Source: Slashdot Title: UK To Ban Public Sector Orgs From Paying Ransomware Gangs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The UK government’s proposed legislation to ban public sector and critical infrastructure entities from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks reflects a proactive approach to combatting cybercrime. This move could significantly impact…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Xoxo to Prague
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/xoxo-to-prague/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Xoxo to Prague Feedly Summary: In this week’s newsletter, Thor inspects the LockBit leak, finding $10,000 “security tips,” ransom negotiations gone wrong and a rare glimpse into the human side of cybercrime. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant cyber incident involving the…
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The Register: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/privacy_dead_opinion/ Source: The Register Title: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid Feedly Summary: From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there’s no escape Opinion I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?……
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The Register: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arkana_wow_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it Feedly Summary: WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based…
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The Register: Extortion crew threatened to inform Edward Snowden (?!) if victim didn’t pay up
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/extortionists_ox_thief_legal_threats/ Source: The Register Title: Extortion crew threatened to inform Edward Snowden (?!) if victim didn’t pay up Feedly Summary: Don’t laugh. This kind of warning shows crims are getting desperate Dark web analysts at infosec software vendor Fortra have discovered an extortion crew named Ox Thief that threatened to contact Edward Snowden…