Casino and hotel giant Caesars Entertainment is warning customers that their personal details were stolen in a recent hack attack. After successfully shaking down Caesars for a ransom, the same attackers are continuing to extort MGM Resorts, claiming to have crypto-locked its EXSi hypervisors. Both attacks by the Alphv ransomware group, which spun off from […]
When is a LockBit ransomware attack not actually a LockBit attack? Cyber defenders are reporting a profusion of attacks involving stolen or reused strains of ransomware. Blame a variety of factors, including law enforcement crackdowns on big-name brands, evolving ransomware business models and at least one case of a ransomware group leader with poor people […]
The Qakbot botnet has been crippled by the US Department of Justice (DOJ): 52 of its servers have been seized and the popular malware loader has been removed from over 700,000 victim computers around the world. “To disrupt the botnet, the FBI was able to redirect Qakbot botnet traffic to and through servers controlled by […]
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