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The suspected cyber actors behind deployment of ransomware strains such as LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Dharma, among others, are under arrest, after a joint

Europol has arrested 12 hackers believed to be behind the LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Dharma ransomware attacks, which targeted large.

The EU police agency said 12 individuals were targeted in raids in Ukraine and Switzerland following a two-year investigation.

karenfoleyphotography Criminals are exploiting the very tools used by security teams. Sophos researchers have recently observed an increase in attacks in which criminals target tools used by incident responders and penetration testers. These attacks involve very little or no malware, but instead harness the existing components of the operating system or popular software packages. “We've been seeing this for years, and it's increasing now,” says Chester Wisniewski, principal research scientist at Sophos. “It makes sense because we've built a robust set of tools for good g...

Ryuk's Rampage Has Lessons for the Enterprise The Ryuk ransomware epidemic is no accident. The cybercriminals responsible for its spread have systematically exploited weaknesses in enterprise defenses that must be addressed. The Ryuk ransomware gang is hiring ... and that's bad news. In a conversation with Natalia Godyla of Microsoft in January, Jake Williams, the founder of Rendition Infosec, noted that his team spotted job advertisements in Dark Web forums from accounts associated with Ryuk's operators. "They're looking for experienced ransomware operators, and they have a whole set of crit...