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Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded US$70-million (R1-billion) to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on the dark Web. The demand was posted on a blog typically used by the REvil cybercrime gang, a Russia-linked group that is counted among the cybercriminal world’s most prolific extortionists. The gang has an affiliate structure, occasionally making it difficult to determine who speaks on the hackers’ behalf, but Allan Liska of cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said the m...

Kaseya Ransomware Attack: REvil Gang Demands Over Rs 500 Crore as Payout, Says Report News18 13 hours ago Shouvik Das © Provided by News18 Kaseya Ransomware Attack: REvil Gang Demands Over Rs 500 Crore as Payout, Says Report The REvil ransomware gang that hit IT software provider Kaseya VSA with a crippling supply chain ransomware attack on Friday, July 2, has now published a blanket ransom payout demand on its dark web site, the notorious Happy Blog. According to the post, the REvil gang, also known as Sodinokibi, has asked for a payout of $70 million, or about Rs 520 cr...

This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo) BOSTON--Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, best known for extorting $11 million from the meat-processor JBS after a Memorial Day attack, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT inf...

Sophos Named Common Vulnerability and Exposure Numbering Authority Sophos Sophos has been named a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authority (CNA) in the CVE program. CVE is a recognized international standard for identifying and naming cybersecurity vulnerabilities. With this status, Sophos is authorized to assign CVE identification to unique vulnerabilities within the scope of its products. Security researchers can now work directly with Sophos to open CVEs for the company’s products, making the process of reporting issues and assigning CVEs more straightfo...

The CVE programme is an international, community-based effort that maintains a community-driven, open data registry of vulnerabilities. The programme catalogues CVEs in a publicly available registry that is available to security researchers, vulnerability discloses, and information technology vendors. Using a common identifier makes it easier to share and cross-check data across the industry’s several and separate security databases and tools that track vulnerabilities. “Sophos’ new status as a CNA is another example of our commitment to being transparent, and by having the ability to a...