[ad_1] Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Incident & Breach Response , Ransomware Negotiators Can Buy Time and Lower Ransoms, But Do They Just Encourage Cyber Gangs? Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • March 14, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Time was ticking for the Royal Mail security team on an early winter morning in January 2023, machinery…
[ad_1] Mora_001’s Franken-malware based on LockBit 3.0 Researchers at Forescout are tracking a new ransomware coterie using payloads linked to the LockBit group. The new gang, known as Mora_001, has been active since January, and has allegedly exploited two Fortinet vulnerabilities to secure a foothold in victim’s estates and deploy its own ransomware, ‘SuperBlack’. SuperBlack,…
[ad_1] The US and UK have revealed the identity of the leader of a notorious Russian hacking group that allegedly extorted money sufficient to buy six mansions like George Clooney’s Villa Oleandra or build 14 temples similar to Delhi’s Akshardham. For Dmitry Khoroshev, they have announced a reward at par with the bounty offered for…
[ad_1] U.S. government agencies indicted and sanctioned Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, for his role as the administrator and developer of LockBit, one of the most prolific global ransomware groups in the world, Reuters reported on May 7.… [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Photo: Joel Kowsky (AP) A ransomware gang is threatening to release SpaceX’s prized business secret: the design of its rockets. The Lockbit gang claimed it breached Maximum Industries, a fabricator of rocket parts for Elon Musk’s rocket company based in Texas, and pilfered “3,000 drawings” from the contractor, according to the gang’s website. Lockbit…
[ad_1] The LockBit ransomware gang, which exfiltrated a significant amount of data from Royal Mail‘s IT systems, has leaked some of the data and has also set a new ransom demand of £33 million. Previously, LockBit had demanded a staggering £66 million, which Royal Mail deemed unreasonable and rejected. The group then lowered its demand…
[ad_1] ONE of the north’s biggest construction companies has been targeted by the same ransomware group behind the recent attack on Royal Mail. The Lagan Specialist Contracting Group (SCG) is the latest victim of the LockBit group. The company, which is headquartered in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, confirmed it had “experienced a recent cyber incident”, but…
[ad_1] Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific Hackers Demanded $80 Million in Ransom Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 15, 2023 Negotiations between the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service gang and Royal Mail appear to have broken down earlier this month, shortly after a postal representative called the ransomware group’s $80…
[ad_1] “We’ve confirmed that we’ve had a cyberattack,” Thompson told lawmakers in a hearing with the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee on Tuesday. Royal Mail has seen no evidence of a data breach so far, but has notified the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which oversees data privacy. The BEIS committee hearing was…
[ad_1] Cyber disruptions to the UK’s Royal Mail service, first reported on Wednesday as a “cyber incident,” has now been identified as a ransomware attack, linked to the Russian-affiliated LockBit gang, Computing wrote today. LockBit encryptor found in use. The Telegraph broke the news of the confirmed ransomware attack yesterday, with attribution to LockBit, or…