Tag: extortion
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U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged three individuals for allegedly carrying out a series of ransomware attacks targeting five U.S. companies using BlackCat ransomware, also known as ALPHV, between May and November 2023. The attacks reportedly aimed to extort large sums from the victims, including medical, engineering, pharmaceutical, and technology organizations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to…
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U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged three individuals for allegedly carrying out a series of ransomware attacks targeting five U.S. companies using BlackCat ransomware, also known as ALPHV, between May and November 2023. The attacks reportedly aimed to extort large sums from the victims, including medical, engineering, pharmaceutical, and technology organizations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to…
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Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters and LAPSUS$ Form Unified Collective
Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters and LAPSUS$ have formed an enhanced coordinated threat network for extortion efforts First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scattered-spider-shinyhunters/
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Cybersecurity experts charged with running BlackCat ransomware operation
Tags: attack, breach, computer, crypto, cybersecurity, extortion, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, law, network, office, psychology, ransom, ransomware, risk, service, threatThe victims and the demands: The indictment cited at least five victim organizations: a Florida medical-device company, a Maryland pharmaceutical manufacturer, a California doctor’s office, a California engineering firm, and a Virginia-based drone company. On May 13, 2023, the conspirators allegedly attacked the Florida firm, demanding $10 million and receiving roughly $1.27 million in cryptocurrency.…
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Cybersecurity experts charged with running BlackCat ransomware operation
Tags: attack, breach, computer, crypto, cybersecurity, extortion, finance, group, healthcare, incident response, law, network, office, psychology, ransom, ransomware, risk, service, threatThe victims and the demands: The indictment cited at least five victim organizations: a Florida medical-device company, a Maryland pharmaceutical manufacturer, a California doctor’s office, a California engineering firm, and a Virginia-based drone company. On May 13, 2023, the conspirators allegedly attacked the Florida firm, demanding $10 million and receiving roughly $1.27 million in cryptocurrency.…
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Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself!
Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/rogue_ransomware_negotiators/
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Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself! Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms
This is not what people mean when they say: ‘You should get a side hustle’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/rogue_ransomware_negotiators/
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More Collins Aerospace Hacking Fallout
Everest Extortion Group Lists Dublin Airport. A Russian data extortion group threatened Sunday to release passenger data putatively stolen from the Dublin Airport days after its operator said it investigated a breach stemming from a September cybersecurity incident that affected airports across Europe. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/more-collins-aerospace-hacking-fallout-a-29848
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Qilin Ransomware Group Publishes Over 40 Cases Monthly
Qilin ransomware activity has surged in late 2025, threatening data leaks via double extortion tactics First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/qilin-ransomware-40-cases-monthly/
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Risiken bei der Wiederherstellung nach Ransomware-Angriffen
Tags: alphv, authentication, backup, ceo, ciso, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, DSGVO, encryption, extortion, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, lockbit, mfa, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, tool, updateDie Zahlung des Lösegelds nach einer Ransomware-Attacke ist keine Garantie für eine reibungslose oder gar erfolgreiche Wiederherstellung der Daten.Zwei von fünf Unternehmen, die Cyberkriminellen für die Entschlüsselung von Ransomware bezahlen, können ihre Daten nicht wiederherstellen. Das hat eine weltweite Umfrage des Versicherungsanbieters Hiscox unter 1.000 mittelständischen Unternehmen ergeben.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ransomware nach wie vor…
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Risiken bei der Wiederherstellung nach Ransomware-Angriffen
Tags: alphv, authentication, backup, ceo, ciso, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, DSGVO, encryption, extortion, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, lockbit, mfa, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, tool, updateDie Zahlung des Lösegelds nach einer Ransomware-Attacke ist keine Garantie für eine reibungslose oder gar erfolgreiche Wiederherstellung der Daten.Zwei von fünf Unternehmen, die Cyberkriminellen für die Entschlüsselung von Ransomware bezahlen, können ihre Daten nicht wiederherstellen. Das hat eine weltweite Umfrage des Versicherungsanbieters Hiscox unter 1.000 mittelständischen Unternehmen ergeben.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ransomware nach wie vor…
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Ransomware, extortion groups adapt as payment rates reach historic lows
Ransomware groups are facing an economic downturn of their own: In Q3 2025, only 23 percent of victims paid a ransom, and for data theft incidents that involved no encryption, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/ransomware-extortion-payment-q3-2025/
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Ransomware, extortion groups adapt as payment rates reach historic lows
Ransomware groups are facing an economic downturn of their own: In Q3 2025, only 23 percent of victims paid a ransom, and for data theft incidents that involved no encryption, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/ransomware-extortion-payment-q3-2025/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Top Advice for Detecting and Preventing AI Attacks, and for Securing AI Systems
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, chatgpt, china, ciso, cloud, computing, container, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, governance, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, healthcare, iam, identity, incident response, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, organized, phishing, ransom, risk, risk-management, russia, sans, scam, service, skills, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-trustAs organizations eagerly adopt AI, cybersecurity teams are racing to protect these new systems. In this special edition of the Cybersecurity Snapshot, we round up some of the best recent guidance on how to fend off AI attacks, and on how to safeguard your AI systems. Key takeaways Developers are getting new playbooks from groups…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Breach Roundup: the Qilin Hack That Wasn’t
Also, Envoy Air Confirms Data Compromise Following Clop Extortion Campaign. This week, Qilin didn’t hack a Spanish tax agency, Nexperia standoff, Envoy Air confirmed a data compromise, Experian Netherlands fined 2.7M euros, ToolShell used to breach global networks, flaws in TP-Link Omada and Festa VPN routers and a New York firm settled a cybersecurity investigation.…
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Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025: Extortion and Ransomware Lead Global Cybercrime Surge
The newly released Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 reveals new data on global cyber threats. According to the report, more than half of all cyberattacks with known motives, 52%, are driven by extortion and ransomware. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/digital-defense-report-shares-cybercrime-trend/
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Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Signal Shift in Tactics
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters may be preparing to launch an extortion-as-a-service model, according to Palo Alto Networks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scattered-lapsus-hunters-shift/
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AI-enabled ransomware attacks: CISO’s top security concern, with good reason
Ransomware’s AI-powered future: Although CrowdStrike’s latest survey doesn’t provide a full picture of AI’s use by ransomware gangs, the fact that generative AI is proving highly effective in crafting phishing emails that lead to ransomware infections shows the tip of the iceberg CISOs face.CrowdStrike Field CTO Cristian Rodriguez tells CSO, “We’re seeing AI touch every…
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Im Visier Cyberkrimineller: Bei Erpressung, Diebstahl und Spionage Deutschland laut Microsoft auf Platz 4
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/visier-cyberkriminelle-erpressung-diebstahl-spionage-deutschland-microsoft-platz-4
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American Airlines subsidiary Envoy confirms Oracle data theft attack
Envoy Air, a regional airline carrier owned by American Airlines, confirms that data was compromised from its Oracle E-Business Suite application after the Clop extortion gang listed American Airlines on its data leak site. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/american-airlines-subsidiary-envoy-confirms-oracle-data-theft-attack/
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American Airlines subsidiary Envoy confirms Oracle data theft attack
Envoy Air, a regional airline carrier owned by American Airlines, confirms that data was compromised from its Oracle E-Business Suite application after the Clop extortion gang listed American Airlines on its data leak site. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/american-airlines-subsidiary-envoy-confirms-oracle-data-theft-attack/
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Deutschland größtes Hacker-Ziel in der EU
Tags: authentication, china, cyberattack, defense, extortion, germany, hacker, iran, login, mail, mfa, microsoft, north-korea, password, phishing, ransomware, software, ukraineLaut einer Studie von Microsoft richteten sich 3,3 Prozent aller Cyberangriffe weltweit im ersten Halbjahr 2025 gegen Ziele in Deutschland.Kein Land in der Europäischen Union steht so sehr im Fokus von kriminellen Hackern wie Deutschland. Das geht aus dem Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 hervor, den der Software-Konzern in Redmond veröffentlicht hat. Danach richteten sich…