DC Police confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang leaks data
The Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that they suffered a cyberattack after the Babuk ransomware gang leaked screenshots of stolen data.| BleepingComputer
The Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that they suffered a cyberattack after the Babuk ransomware gang leaked screenshots of stolen data.| BleepingComputer
Sophos X-Ops explores the symbiotic – but often uneasy – relationship between ransomware gangs and the media, and how threat actors are increasingly seeking to wrest control of the narrative| Sophos News
Russian ransomware actors are “hybrids”: criminals but also IT talent with a fearsome reputation. Why crack down when you can exploit them as a “combat resource” and bargaining chip?| nattothoughts.substack.com
The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack that caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down 5,550 miles of pipe, stranding countless barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on…| krebsonsecurity.com
Dmitry Medvedev’s June 13 call to do “maximum harm” to Western infrastructure is not so new: Russian strategists have thought about using ransomware to pressure adversary countries since at least 2016| nattothoughts.substack.com
Russian Cybercriminals face tension between making money, serving the motherland, and avoiding prison time| nattothoughts.substack.com
Russian ransomware actors and other cybercriminals are business people first, but they have to do their duty to the motherland| nattothoughts.substack.com
The United States joined the United Kingdom and Australia today in sanctioning 31-year-old Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the alleged leader of the infamous ransomware group LockBit. The U.S. Department of Justice also indicted Khoroshev as the gang's leader…| krebsonsecurity.com
Some ransomware attacks serve both financial and political motives and may play a role in Russia's ongoing "hybrid warfare" against the West| nattothoughts.substack.com
The perils of machine translation, the importance of dates, and how cultural and linguistic nuances cast new light on the Conti ransomware group| nattothoughts.substack.com
The patriotic rhetoric, targeting and timing of attacks, and occasionally unprofitable operations of Mikhail Matveev's Babuk ransomware group align with Russian state strategic interests| nattothoughts.substack.com
New Report Provides a Glimpse into the Stormy World of Russian Cybercrime Communities| nattothoughts.substack.com
