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What keeps Mandiant Intelligence EVP Sandra Joyce up at night? The coming storm: The next wave of security maturity is measuring effectiveness ...
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You Use Multiple Platforms Every Day—But Are They All Actually Secure?: The safeguards we rely on must evolve faster than cyber threats do. Bitdefender’s safety ...
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Microsoft disrupts alleged malware-signing operation used by ransomware gangs: 'Thousands' of US victims, including 12+ machines owned and operated by Redmond
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Is It a Virus, Malware, or Spyware? Here's How to Tell (and Why It Matters): From viruses to spyware, we break down the key differences so you know exactly what ...
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Dutch police say they've taken down Redline and Meta credential stealer malware: The Dutch police just took down Redline and Meta, two credential stealers ...
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Cyberattack Hits Major Oil Company Halliburton, Forcing Some Systems Offline: The incident is raising concerns that ransomware has infected the oil company's IT ...
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Can I even buy a car? What to know about the massive auto dealer outage: CDK Global is ubiquitous in the auto dealership world – its software is used at 15 ...
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Law enforcement operation takes aim at an often-overlooked cybercrime linchpin: Officials hope to sever a component crucial to the larger malware landscape.
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Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data: ShrinkLocker is the latest ransomware to use Windows' full-disk encryption.
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Cybercriminals hit jackpot as 500k+ Ohio Lottery lovers lose out on their personal data
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LockBit ransomware returns to attacks with new encryptors, servers: The LockBit ransomware gang is once again conducting attacks, using updated encryptors with ...
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Key FactsInternational Operation Targets Infamous LockBit Ransomware
Feb 27, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: occrp.org
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: occrp.org
- In a coordinated operation, law enforcement agencies from 10 countries uncovered and dismantled the criminal activity of the notorious LockBit ransomware group.
- According to the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA), LockBit ransomware attacks have impacted thousands of victims worldwide, resulting in billions in losses from ransom payments and recovery costs.
- LockBit operated using a 'Ransomware-as-a-Service' model, providing a platform for a global network of hackers, known as affiliates, to launch attacks and steal data.
- The international action against LockBit was the outcome of an extensive investigation led by the NCA as part of Operation Cronos, an international task force coordinated by Europol and Eurojust.

Trans-Northern Pipelines investigating ALPHV ransomware attack claims: Trans-Northern Pipelines (TNPI) has confirmed its internal network was breached in ...
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Interpol's latest cybercrime intervention dismantles ransomware, banking malware servers
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Using GoAnywhere MFT for file transfers? Patch now – an exploit's out for a critical bug
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LogicMonitor Hack: Customers Alarmed at Recent 'Security Incident' Due to Weak, Default Passwords
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How Clop-MOVEit Hack Shows Evolution in Cyberattacks: A criminal hacking group known as Clop has exploited a security flaw in a file transfer tool ...
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Cisco Talos Analysis - Security Vulnerabilities in the Metaverse: In the so-called Metaverse or Web 3.0, many things are supposed to change ...
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Threat group builds custom malware to attack industrial systems: US security agencies say the tools can give hackers control of ICS and SCADA devices
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The Next Wave of Log4J Attacks Will Be Brutal: So far, Log4Shell has resulted mostly in cryptomining and a little espionage. The really bad stuff is just around ...
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Enterprises are scrambling to deploy zero trust security: Enterprises are quickly finding out that zero trust security is becoming a business decision ...
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