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Turning the screws: The pressure tactics of ransomware gangs

August 6, 2024 admin 8base, blackcat, blacksuit, cactus, cybercrime forums, Featured, karakurt, malas, marketplaces, Media, monti, play, pressure, qiulong, ransomware, snatch, sophos x-ops, space bears, threat research, werewolves

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:00:49 +0000

Sophos X-Ops examines the increasingly aggressive tactics ransomware gangs use to coerce their targets

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Press and pressure: Ransomware gangs and the media

December 13, 2023 admin 8base, akira, alphv ransomware, blackcat, cl0p, conti, donut leaks, dunghill leak, Featured, karakurt, lockbit, losttrust, Media, metaencryptor, noname, play, ransomhouse, ransomware, rEvil, rhysida ransomware, royal, snatch, sophos x-ops, threat research, vice, wormgpt

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:00:25 +0000

Sophos X-Ops explores the symbiotic – but often uneasy – relationship between ransomware gangs and the media, and how threat actors are increasingly seeking to wrest control of the narrative