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Ransomware review: March 2024

March 12, 2024 admin ransomware, Threat Intelligence

February 2024 is likely to be remembered for years as one of the most turbulent months in ransomware history.

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ALPHV ransomware gang fakes own death, fools no one

March 6, 2024 admin alphv, blackcat, exit scam, ransomware

The ALPHV gang’s attempt to cover up an exit scam isn’t going well.

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BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare

March 5, 2024 admin A Little Sunshine, alphv ransomware, blackcat ransomware, change healthcare, data breaches, dmitry smilyanets, emsisoft, fabian wosar, FBI, lockbit, NCA, optum, ramp, ransomware, Recorded Future, wired.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:22:56 +0000

There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV”) as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks. However, the cybercriminal who claims to have given BlackCat access to Change’s network says the crime gang cheated them out of their share of the ransom, and that they still have the sensitive data that Change reportedly paid the group to destroy. Meanwhile, the affiliate’s disclosure appears to have prompted BlackCat to cease operations entirely.

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The Impact of Organizational Structure on Cybersecurity Outcomes

March 5, 2024 admin products & services, ransomware, research, security operations

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:19:45 +0000

Insights from 2,991 IT/cybersecurity leaders across 14 countries.

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It’ll be back: Attackers still abusing Terminator tool and variants

March 4, 2024 admin aukill, blackbyte, byovd, drivers, Featured, ransomware, sophos x-ops, terminator, threat research, zam

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:00:08 +0000

First released in May 2023, an EDR killer – and the vulnerable Zemana drivers it leverages – are still of interest to threat actors, along with variants and ported versions

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Fulton County, Security Experts Call LockBit’s Bluff

February 29, 2024 admin A Little Sunshine, brett callow, data breaches, emsisoft, FBI, fulton county hack, lockbit, lockbitsupp, NCA, ransomware, redsense, robb pitts

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 22:18:54 +0000

The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. Instead, LockBit removed Fulton County’s listing from its victim shaming website this morning, claiming county officials had paid. But county officials said they did not pay, nor did anyone make payment on their behalf. Security experts say LockBit was likely bluffing and probably lost most of the data when the gang’s servers were seized this month by U.S. and U.K. law enforcement.

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