Deqing County hit by Siegedsec Ransomware Gang

10 Best Ransomware Protection Tools - 2025 - It protects devices from ransomware and other cyber threats using advanced threat intelligence, behavioral analysis, and cloud-based technology. It monitors and prevents ransomware assaults on personal files and automatically restores encrypted ...
2 weeks ago Cybersecuritynews.com

Cyberattack on North Carolina county allowed hackers to access data - A cyberattack on a North Carolina county has forced officials to call in the state's national guard for assistance. In a message to residents on Tuesday, Bladen County said it became the victims of a cyberattack last week. The county - tucked in the ...
1 year ago Therecord.media

300 Strikes: Fort Worth's Battle Against the Medusa Gang - In the wake of a cyberattack on Tarrant County Appraisal District in March, the Medusa ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the hack and has threatened the public with the threat of leaking 218 GB of the stolen data unless the ransom of ...
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Deqing County hit by Siegedsec Ransomware Gang - Actor: siegedsec ...
1 year ago Twitter.com Siegedsec

Cyber attack on Washington County now considered ransomware attack - WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. - The cyber attack Washington County has been dealing with for two weeks now is a ransomware attack and the county is in active negotiations. County commissioners held an emergency meeting Tuesday afternoon to allocate hundreds ...
1 year ago Wpxi.com

CISA and Fauquier County Hold K-12 Active Shooter Exercise - NOKESVILLE, Va. - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in partnership with the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office, the Fauquier County Fire Rescue System, and Fauquier County Public Schools, successfully conducted a full-scale active ...
8 months ago Cisa.gov

The Week in Ransomware - Earlier this month, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware operation suffered a five-day disruption to their Tor data leak and negotiation sites, rumored to be caused by a law enforcement action. The FBI revealed this week that they hacked the BlackCat/ALPHV ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com LockBit Akira Noescape

Bucks Co. emergency dispatch system down for days due to cyberattack - Law enforcement officials in Bucks County are working to restore services to its computer-aided dispatch system, or CAD system, after a cyberattack on Sunday crippled the service. County officials said 9-1-1 services remain operational and first ...
1 year ago Nbcphiladelphia.com

Murder suspect mistakenly released from jail after 'cybersecurity incident' - Authorities in Georgia are searching for 30-year-old murder suspect Zion River Shaka, who was mistakenly released by Clayton County authorities last week, according to ABC affiliate WSB in Atlanta. Last week, Shaka was transferred from the Fulton ...
1 year ago Abcnews.go.com

The Top 10 Ransomware Groups of 2023 - This article takes an in-depth look at the rise in ransomware attacks over the past year and the criminal groups driving the surge in cyber extortion. LockBit has established itself as one of the most notorious ransomware operations since emerging on ...
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Hive Ransomware: A Detailed Analysis - This past week, on January 26th, to be exact, the FBI successfully shut down the Hive ransomware group and saved victims over a hundred million dollars in ransom payments and remediation costs. As ransomware continues to be a national security threat ...
2 years ago Heimdalsecurity.com LockBit

Several local governments struggling with cyberattacks limiting services | The Record from Recorded Future News - 911 and 311 call centers are operational but County Executive Steuart Pittman said many other services are impacted by the shutoff of internet access — an action taken to “ensure the safety” of government systems. Anne Arundel County, home to ...
1 week ago Therecord.media

Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand - We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure, putting them further in the spotlight of the US government. While the Tor onion domain seizure was a ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com Medusa Cuba STORMOUS

Ransomware Roundup - The Ransomware Roundup report aims to provide readers with brief insights into the evolving ransomware landscape and the Fortinet solutions that protect against those variants. This edition of the Ransomware Roundup covers the 8base ransomware. 8base ...
1 year ago Feeds.fortinet.com 8base

Medusa Ransomware Turning Your Files into Stone - Unit 42 Threat Intelligence analysts have noticed an escalation in Medusa ransomware activities and a shift in tactics toward extortion, characterized by the introduction in early 2023 of their dedicated leak site called the Medusa Blog. The Unit 42 ...
1 year ago Unit42.paloaltonetworks.com Medusa

The Week in Ransomware - Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to prison. On Tuesday, the Australian, US, and UK governments announced sanctions against Aleksandr Gennadievich ...
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Detroit-area government services impacted by cyberattack - Corrections officers within the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office have struggled to process inmates, the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office has had issues collecting taxes online and the Wayne County Register of Deeds Office closed early on Wednesday, ...
5 months ago Therecord.media

Ransomware trends and recovery strategies companies should know - Ransomware attacks can have severe consequences, causing financial losses, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. The methods used to deliver ransomware vary, including phishing emails, malicious websites, and exploiting vulnerabilities in ...
1 year ago Helpnetsecurity.com

How ransomware gangs are engaging - As ransomware gangs continue to market themselves as legitimate businesses complete with customer service representatives, new research from Sophos showed that threat actors are expanding public relations efforts to further pressure victims into ...
1 year ago Techtarget.com LockBit Snatch

The Week in Ransomware - Today's column brings you two weeks of information on the latest ransomware attacks and research after we skipped last week's article. BleepingComputer has learned that some of the BlackCat/ALPHV affiliates are not buying the explanation and have ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com LockBit Qilin Noescape

The Week in Ransomware - This week was pretty quiet on the ransomware front, with most of the attention on the seizure of the BreachForums data theft forum. That does not mean there was nothing of interest released this week about ransomware. A report by CISA said that the ...
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The Week in Ransomware - An international law enforcement operation claims to have dismantled a ransomware affiliate operation in Ukraine, which was responsible for attacks on organizations in 71 countries. The threat actors are said to be affiliates of numerous ransomware ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com Qilin Cactus Black Basta

Ransomware in 2023 recap: 5 key takeaways - This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. While some ransomware trends hardly changed over the last year, such as LockBit's continued dominance, ransomware criminals also challenged ...
1 year ago Malwarebytes.com Scattered Spider LockBit

Researchers link 3AM ransomware to Conti, Royal cybercrime gangs - Security researchers analyzing the activity of the recently emerged 3AM ransomware operation uncovered close connections with infamous groups, such as the Conti syndicate and the Royal ransomware gang. The 3AM ransomware gang's activity was first ...
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Municipalities Face a Constant Battle as Ransomware Snowballs - Municipalities in the United States, and globally, are experiencing a fresh wave of ransomware attacks, with even big cities like Dallas falling to the gangs' activities. In a prime example of the trend, on Nov. 7, the Play ransomware gang posted ...
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