Tag: ransomware attacks
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News: Key figures behind Phobos and 8Base ransomware arrested in international cybercrime crackdown
Source URL: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/key-figures-behind-phobos-and-8base-ransomware-arrested-in-international-cybercrime-crackdown Source: News Title: Key figures behind Phobos and 8Base ransomware arrested in international cybercrime crackdown Feedly Summary: This follows a series of high-impact arrests targeting Phobos ransomware:An administrator of Phobos was arrested in South Korea in June 2024 and extradited to the United States in November of the same year. He is…
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Slashdot: Ransomware Payments Dropped 35% In 2024
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/02/07/0049222/ransomware-payments-dropped-35-in-2024?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ransomware Payments Dropped 35% In 2024 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines a significant decline in ransomware payments despite an increase in the frequency of attacks in 2024, highlighting the influence of law enforcement operations against major ransomware groups. It emphasizes the improved resilience…
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The Register: If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/ransomware_costs_analysis/ Source: The Register Title: If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show Feedly Summary: 35% drop in payments across the year as your backups got better and law enforcement made a difference Ransomware extortion payments fell in 2024, according to blockchain analyst biz Chainalysis this week.……
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Data and computer security | The Guardian: Global ransomware payments plunge by a third amid crackdown
Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/05/global-ransomware-payments-plunge-by-a-third-amid-crackdown Source: Data and computer security | The Guardian Title: Global ransomware payments plunge by a third amid crackdown Feedly Summary: Money stolen falls from record $1.25bn to $813m as more victims refuse to pay off criminal gangsRansomware payments fell by more than a third last year to $813m (£650m) as victims refused…
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Wired: Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-hired-guns-who-make-sure-school-cyberattacks-stay-hidden/ Source: Wired Title: Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden Feedly Summary: An investigation into more than 300 cyberattacks against US K–12 schools over the past five years shows how schools can withhold crucial details from students and parents whose data was stolen. AI Summary and Description: Yes…
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The Register: Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/banner_year_for_ransomware_gangs/ Source: The Register Title: Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops Feedly Summary: And it doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict the future If the nonstop flood of ransomware attacks doesn’t already make every day feel like Groundhog Day, then a look back at 2024 – and…
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The Register: Ransomware attack at New York blood services provider – donors turned away during shortage crisis
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/ransomware_attack_at_new_york/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware attack at New York blood services provider – donors turned away during shortage crisis Feedly Summary: 400 hospitals and med centers across 15 states rely on its products New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) is currently in its fifth day of handling a ransomware attack that has…
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Data and computer security | The Guardian: Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says
Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/29/cyber-attack-threat-uk-government-departments-whitehall-nao Source: Data and computer security | The Guardian Title: Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says Feedly Summary: Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”,…
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The Register: Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/research_security_pros_gain_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks Feedly Summary: Data leak, shmata leak. It will all work out, right? IT and security pros say they are more confident in their ability to manage ransomware attacks after nearly nine in ten (88 percent)…