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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 largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cyb...

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 Biden administration. On Thursday, as the U.S. slapped sanctions on Russia for malign activities...

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 Biden administration. On Thursday, as the U.S. slapped sanctions on Russia for malign activitie...

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 cybergang that calls itself Evil Corp. Worst of all, in the view of one long-active forum member, Bugat...

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 threat actor. New trend for initial infection Security researchers from the threat intelligence boutique...