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The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has shared threat intelligence on two sophisticated and aggressive ransomware operations – The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has shared threat intelligence on two sophisticated and aggressive ransomware operations – BlackCat and Royal - which pose a significant threat to the HPH sector.
Vohuk, ScareCrow, and AESRT add to the ransomware chaos that organizations have to contend with on a daily basis.
Mikkel William / Getty Images Ransomware has a long history, dating back to the late 1980s. Today, it’s generating billions of dollars in revenue for the criminal groups behind it. Victims incur recovery costs even if they pay the ransom. Sophos reports that the average cost of a ransomware attack in 2020 was nearly $1.5 million for victim organizations that paid ransoms and about $732,000 for those that didn’t. Given the financial benefit to attackers, it’s no surprise that ransomware gangs and malware have proliferated. The number of ransomware threat actors—those cap...