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US law enforcement and researchers point to Kremlin providing aid, protection to ransomware rackets Firstpost 2 hours ago The Associated Press © Provided by Firstpost US law enforcement and researchers point to Kremlin providing aid, protection to ransomware rackets A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been la...

Apr 17, 2021 BOSTON (AP) — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals who are shielded — and sometimes employed — by Russian intelligence agencies, according to security researchers, U.S. law enforcement, and now ...

Apr 17, 2021 BOSTON (AP) — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals who are shielded — and sometimes employed — by Russian intelligence agencies, according to security researchers, U.S. law enforcement, and now...

The value of Kremlin protection isn’t lost on the cybercriminals themselves. Earlier this year, a Russian-language dark-web forum lit up with criticism of a ransomware purveyor known only as “Bugatti,” whose gang had been caught in a rare US-Europol sting. The assembled posters accused him of inviting the crackdown with technical sloppiness and by recruiting non-Russian affiliates who might be snitches or undercover cops. Uncredited/AP Ukraine-born Maxsim Yukabets is co-leader of a cybe...

Ryuk ransomware operation updates hacking techniques By 10:15 AM Recent attacks from Ryuk ransomware operators show that the actors have a new preference when it comes to gaining initial access to the victim network. The trend observed in attacks this year reveals a predilection towards targeting hosts with remote desktop connections exposed on the public internet. Furthermore, using targeted phishing emails to deliver the malware continues to be a favored initial infection vector for the thre...

How the Kremlin provides a safe harbour for ransomware by Frank Bajak, The Associated Press Posted Apr 16, 2021 3:02 am EDT Last Updated Apr 16, 2021 at 3:14 am EDT BOSTON — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals ...

How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware FRANK BAJAK, AP Technology Writer April 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - A Russian man identified as Alexander Vinnik, center, is escorted by police officers from the courthouse at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, in this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, file photo. Vinnick, convicted of laundering $160 million in criminal proceeds through a cryptocurrency exchange, is currently imprisoned in France and might yield additional information...

Adversaries are deploying DearCry ransomware on victim systems after hacking into on-premise Microsoft Exchange servers that remain unpatched, Microsoft acknowledged late Thursday.

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Get Permission Supermicro and Pulse Secure have each issued advisories this past week warning users that some of their products are vulnerable to the updated version of Trickbot malware that features a bootkit module, nicknamed Trickboot, which can search for UEFI/BIOS firmware vulnerabilities. Server maker Supermicro confirmed that its X10UP "Denlow" series of motherboards has vulnerabilities that can be detected by Trickboot. Secure access gateway manufacturer PulseSecure notes that two of ...