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17 December, 2024

VPN weaknesses fuel surge in ransomware attacks

When ransomware strikes, the first question every security team asks themselves is how the attackers got inside what was supposed to be a well-defended network. These days, the question is as
John E. Dunn
18 October, 2024

Ransomware borrows industry tools to target corporate EDR 

Ransomware’s history is littered with threat actors that rise and fall but every now and then a new name appears that grabs people’s attention for the wrong reasons. RansomHub, a ransomwa
John E. Dunn
10 September, 2024

10 Lessons from the British Library Ransomware Attack

When ransomware visits your network, resolve to build it back better. And if you’re tempted to pay the ransom, don’t. That money is better spent on new defenses to prevent a repeat incide
John E. Dunn
05 September, 2024

Researcher sued by city for disclosing severity of ransomware attack

Imagine an everyday ransomware attack on a U.S. city that results in sensitive data being leaked weeks later when the large ransom demanded is not paid. Now imagine that the mayor of that cit
John E. Dunn
14 August, 2024

Police Nab Alleged Ransomware Pioneer After Decade-long Pursuit

The precise origins of today’s ransomware are still up for debate but there is no doubt that a piece of malware called Reveton, which first emerged in 2012, was an important moment. The wor
John E. Dunn
07 June, 2024

Is Ransomware-as-a-Service Now the Extortion Industry’s Achilles’ Heel?

Around a decade ago, the bad people who make ransomware had an idea that proved so successful it helped fuel a crime boom that still haunts us to this day: hide the technical complexity of ra
John E. Dunn
21 May, 2024

Library of Congress Thwarted Ransomware Attack Thanks to MFA Security

On October 28, 2023, the British Library in London was hit by a devastating ransomware attack that ended up causing months of disruption to the venerable institution’s services. We’ve cov
John E. Dunn
13 May, 2024

What We Learned from the Rise and Sudden Fall of the LockBit Ransomware Platform 

On May 7 2024, almost five years after it first appeared, the LockBit ransomware group finally got a human face. His name is Dmitry Khoroshev (aka ‘LockBitSupp’), alleged by the FBI and U
John E. Dunn
06 May, 2024

How a Simple Security Failure Led to America’s Latest Ransomware Disaster

If you’re a seasoned watcher of cybersecurity incidents, you’ll doubtless have heard an unhappy tale that’s similar to the following story many times before. In February 2024, hackers u
John E. Dunn
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