U.S. Seizes Crypto Exchange Linked To $70M Ransomware

U.S. law enforcement authorities have shut down E-Note, a little-known cryptocurrency exchange accused of laundering over $70 ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Here's what happens inside a ransomware negotiation

To pay or not to pay? That is the question companies must answer when they find out their computer systems have been taken over by ransomware. It doesn’t matter how professional, funny or even ...
Threat Post

Massive Meris Botnet Embeds Ransomware Notes from REvil

Notes threatening to tank targeted companies’ stock price were embedded into the DDoS ransomware attacks as a string_of_text directed to CEOs and webops_geeks in the URL. Hey webop_geeks, ...
The Verge

Royal Mail’s ‘cyber incident’ appears to be a ransomware attack

The British postal service has been unable to send items internationally since Wednesday, after an attack which appears to have used tools from infamous Russia-linked group LockBit. The British postal ...
Digital Transactions

Ransomware’s Love Note For Retailers

The past two years have seen merchants become frequent targets of ransomware attacks, largely due to their weaker cybersecurity practices. The threat only promises to get worse. For cybercriminals, ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Cicada3301 Ransomware Group Emerges From the Ashes of ALPHV

Security researchers have uncovered new double extortion ransomware with distinct links to the ALPHV/BlackCat variant and the Brutus botnet. Dubbed “Cicada3301” after an online cryptography game, the ...
Ars Technica

Android ransomware has picked up some ominous new tricks

Though ransomware has been around for years, it poses an ever-increasing threat to hospitals, municipal governments, and basically any institution that can’t tolerate downtime. But along with the ...
National Review

JBS Attack: Ransomware Evil

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techtimes

Microsoft Warns of Malware Designed as Ransomware that Deletes User Files

Microsoft is warning users of a malware that is designed as a ransomware, but is actually deleting the files of its victims. According to the tech giant, the code is designed to render the targeted ...