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REvil Ransomware arrest

Notorious Ransomware Gang REvil Reportedly Taken Down By Russian Authorities

Russia's FSB says it arrested more than a dozen members of the REvil ransomware operation and seized nearly $7 million in assets.

January 14, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Russia says it has shut down the REvil ransomware gang, arrested several individuals and seized a total of about $7 million from the well-organized cybercrime operation that has plagued businesses in the U.S. and abroad for years. In a press release, the FSB, Russia’s principal security agency, says it carried out the operation at the […]

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McAfee Enterprise Sees Proliferation of REvil and DarkSide Ransomware Surge in Q2 2021

October 4, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Key Findings In Q2 2021, 73% of ransomware detections in Q2 2021 were related to the REvil/Sodinokibi family DarkSide Q2 ransomware attacks extended beyond Oil, Gas and Chemical sector to Legal Services, Wholesale and Manufacturing Government was the sector most targeted by ransomware Financial Services targeted most among reported cloud incidents SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–McAfee […]

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REvil Ransomware arrest

Cybersecurity Firm Releases Universal Decryption Key For REvil Victims

Bitdefender has made available a free universal decryption key for victims of REvil/Sodinokibi that had data encrypted before July 13.

September 17, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity software provider Bitdefender has made available a free universal decryption key for victims of REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware that had their data encrypted by hackers using the ransomware variant before July 13. According to the company, the key was created in collaboration with a “trusted law enforcement partner” and can help victims restore their files and […]

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REvil Ransomware arrest

Who is REvil and What Do They Do?

REvil, the notorious ransomware gang behind the JBS SA & Kaseya ransomware attacks are requesting some of the largest payments as of late.

July 14, 2021 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

REvil, the notorious ransomware gang behind the JBS SA & Kaseya ransomware attacks are requesting some of the largest payments as of late.

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WatchGuard Ransomware

Tenable: Ransomware-as-a-Service is Booming

A new report from Tenable details the lucrative ransomware industry and how cybercrime has matured into a business-like ecosystem.

June 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The subscription economy adopted by the software industry is growing ransomware from what was once a fledgling threat to an IT security crisis as ransomware groups continue to pad their wallets and grow the ransomware-as-a-service economy, according to a new report from Tenable. According to the Maryland-based vulnerability management software company, that service model is […]

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Threat Detection Trends

12 Threat Detection Trends IT Pros Should Know

Red Canary's 2022 Threat Detection Report covers the most prominent trends of 2021, and shows major themes that may prelude 2022.

April 29, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Red Canary, the Denver-based managed detection and response (MDR) provider performed an analysis of emerging and significant trends that its cybersecurity team encountered over the past year. Its annual 2022 Threat Detection Report covers the most prominent trends of 2021 and shows major themes that may prelude into 2022. Last year,  ransomware groups (Sodinokibi/REvil, BlackMatter, […]

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Trellix Finds Escalation of Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure as Geopolitical Tensions Rise

April 27, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

New Report Details Wiper Malware Aimed at Ukraine and Upsurge in Cyber Threats from Likely Russian-backed Actor in the Fourth Quarter of 2021 News Highlights Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors most often targeted the transportation and shipping sectors in Q4 2021. APT29, believed to conduct operations for Russian government entities, ranked most active among nation-state […]

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Bad Actors Innovate, Extort and Launch 9.7M DDoS Attacks in 2021 According to the Latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report

March 22, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Ransomware Gangs, DDoS-for-Hire Services, and Server-Class Botnet Armies Make Attacks Easier to Launch with Greater Sophistication WESTFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ: NTCT) today announced findings from its bi-annual Threat Intelligence Report. During the second half of 2021, cybercriminals launched approximately 4.4 million Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, bringing the total number of DDoS […]

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Rransomware Encryption Speed

The Average Ransomware Payment In Q4 Was Over $322,000

Increasing law enforcement attention is forcing ransomware actors to target larger companies, pushing average ransomware payments higher.

February 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Ransomware payments have skyrocketed in recent months, hitting an average of over $300,000 in the last quarter of 2021, as the risks of doing business has increased for ransomware threat actors, according to a new report. Coveware, a ransomware recovery firm, reports that the average ransomware payment in the fourth quarter was $322,168, a 130% […]

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Tenable Research 2021 threat landscape retrospective report

The Top Vulnerabilities of 2021

Cybersecurity firm Tenable rounds up the top vulnerabilities in 2021, noting increases in ransomware attacks, data breaches, zero-days and more.

January 31, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Tenable’s 2021 Threat landscape retrospective report looks back at year unlike any other. Dozens of groups, like REvil, Conti, DarkSide and more, dominated the headlines and continued to wreak havoc across a wide range of industries. Tenable’s research team noted a surge in ransomware attacks, data breaches, zero-days and much more in 2021. Top vulnerabilities […]

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