Here you will find all the articles with the tag: ransomware.
DP World had a weekend to forget in Australia. After cyber attackers struck on Friday, the shipping giant was forced to shut down multiple ports. It also disconnected from the Internet to fight off the hackers. For now, the perpetrators are unknown. A spokesman for DP World states that 5,000 con... Read more
5 months ago
Update, 2/11/2023, 12:17 pm, Laura Herijgers: Boeing confirms the breach of the company's systems. A spokesperson reports that the incident impacted parts of the company's parts and distribution activities. Some of the company's websites were inaccessible on Wednesday, stating the following message... Read more
6 months ago
The casino and hotel chain Caesars Entertainment still does not know exactly how much the ransomware attack from September this year will cost. This is according to a recent filing to stock market regulator SEC on the progress of the incident. According to the filing to the SEC, Caesars Entertai... Read more
6 months ago
Companies should no longer pay ransomware gangs to secure their sensitive data. This is the opinion of 40 countries that have united in the recently established International Counter Ransomware Initiative, Reuters writes. The International Counter Ransomware Initiative, set up by the U.S., wants... Read more
6 months ago
CCleaner confirms that hackers have captured customers' personal data. The theft occurred in May when the vulnerability in MOVEit was allegedly first exploited. This adds a new name to the ever-lengthening victim list. Cybersecurity experts identified the first exploits of the MOVEit vulnerabil... Read more
6 months ago
The month of September delivered a record number of ransomware attacks. This is the finding of security experts from the NCC Group. According to the security report, as many as 514 ransomware attacks took place. This is 32 percent higher than the quiet month of August 2023 and more than a peak i... Read more
6 months ago
An international coalition of police forces has taken the leak sites of the ransomware gang RagnarLocker offline. This criminal organization has been targeting government agencies, healthcare facilities and large corporations, among others, since at least 2020. The group has mainly targeted orga... Read more
6 months ago
MGM Resorts International knew about a hack even before the cybercriminals in question demanded a ransom for the information stolen. The casino chain was able to take timely steps and therefore did not have to pay. That's what CEO Bill Hornbuckle indicates in conversation with Bloomberg. The hac... Read more
6 months ago
The collective of Qakbot ransomware gang members is still actively spreading malware, Cisco Talos researchers note. This is despite their network having been targeted and supposedly destroyed by the FBI. In August of this year, the FBI managed to dismantle the infrastructure of the ransomware sp... Read more
7 months ago
LockBit 3.0 carried out the most ransomware attacks in the month of August this year. 125 of the total 390 attacks from that month were carried out by these hackers. That's according to figures from NCC Group. This represents 150 percent more attacks than in July. A reason why LockBit 3.0 carrie... Read more
7 months ago
