Russian-Backed Actors Targeting Canada’s Infrastructure, Intelligence Agency Warns January 21, 2022 Network operators of critical Canadian infrastructure should boost their defenses against Russian state-sponsored threats, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on...
Malware Found in Several Ukraine Gov’t Agencies, IT Firm That Manages Websites January 18, 2022 Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on Saturday it observed destructive malware in systems belonging to several Ukrainian government...
Behind the Crypto Broker Accused of Enabling Ransomware Hackers October 6, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Olga Kharif A cryptocurrency broker that the Biden administration considers a key cog in the recent ransomware epidemic is legally registered in...
Russia-Linked Ransomware Group Hits Iowa Grain Cooperative, Violating Biden Warning September 21, 2021 By William Turton After a furious run of ransomware attacks in the first half of the year, President Joe Biden in July warned...
U.S. Fights Cyber Attacks by Blacklisting, Sanctioning Russian Tech Firms July 19, 2021 By Karen Freifeld The United States on Friday took a new stab at Russia’s cybersecurity industry, restricting trade with four information technology firms...
Biden Under Pressure to Counter Growing Ransomware Threat July 8, 2021 By William Turton, Jennifer Jacobs and Jordan Fabian President Joe Biden on Wednesday discussed the possibility of responding to a spate of ransomware attacks against U.S. entities that...
Cyber Insurance Industry in Crosshairs of Ransomware Criminals July 7, 2021 By Frank Bajak In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies...
Kaysea Ransomware Attack Caused ‘Minimal Damage’ to U.S. Firms, Biden Says July 7, 2021 By Raphael Satter and Andrea Shalal President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the ransomware attack centered on the Florida information technology firm Kaseya seems to have...
Kaseya Ransomware Attack by REvil Gang Is Global in Scale July 6, 2021 By Frank Bajak Cyber-security teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some...
Under Pressure, Ransomware Gangs Claim They’re Shutting Down May 17, 2021 By Joseph Menn Multiple ransomware groups claimed they were shutting down or scaling back operations on Friday as the U.S. government ramped up...