NC Central University hit by Rhysida 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 ...
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10 Best Ransomware File Decryptor Tools in 2025 - Kaspersky Rakhni Decryptor contains different decryption tools based on various versions of Rakhni ransomware and helps you decrypt encrypted files on your system. PyLocky Ransomware Decryption Tool is a free and open source developed and released by ...
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FBI and CISA warn of opportunistic Rhysida ransomware attacks - The FBI and CISA warned today of Rhysida ransomware gang's opportunistic attacks targeting organizations across multiple industry sectors. Rhysida, a ransomware enterprise that surfaced in May 2023, quickly gained notoriety after breaching the ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com Rhysida

Rhysida ransomware gang claims British Library cyberattack - The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the British Library in October, which has caused a major ongoing IT outage. Rhysida is auctioning off the data it reportedly stole from the United Kingdom's national library ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com Rhysida Medusa

New Rhysida Ransomware Attacking Government and IT Industries - Hackers use ransomware to encrypt victims' files and demand payment for the decryption key. This malicious tactic allows them to extort money from the following entities by exploiting vulnerabilities in their digital systems:-. In May 2023, this new ...
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Slovenia's largest power provider HSE hit by ransomware attack - Slovenian power company Holding Slovenske Elektrarne has suffered a ransomware attack that compromised its systems and encrypted files, yet the company says the incident did not disrupt electric power production. HSE is Slovenia's largest power ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com Rhysida

Irish university cancels all classes due to major IT security issue - On Monday, Munster Technological University in Ireland declared that its campuses in Cork would be shut down due to a major IT breach and telephone outage. All classes, both full-time and part-time, have been cancelled for Tuesday and Wednesday, ...
2 years ago Therecord.media

Stanford University investigating cyberattack after ransomware claims - Stanford University is investigating a cybersecurity incident within its Department of Public Safety after a ransomware gang claimed it attacked the school on Friday. A spokesperson for the university directed Recorded Future News to a statement ...
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Switzerlands Biggest University Confirms Major Cybersecurity Breach - On Friday, the University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, reported that it had been the target of a serious cyberattack. This attack is part of a recent surge of hacks targeting German-speaking institutions. The university's website is ...
2 years ago Therecord.media

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 ...
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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 ...
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Stanford: Data of 27,000 people stolen in September ransomware attack - Stanford University says the personal information of 27,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack impacting its Department of Public Safety network. The university discovered the attack on September 27 and disclosed one month later that it ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com Rhysida Akira

Ransomware gang takes credit for Christmas attack on global Lutheran organization - Details about a Christmas-season ransomware attack on a global Christian organization became clearer this week as a cybercrime gang took credit for what appears to be a related theft of data. The World Council of Churches, an inter-church ...
1 year ago Therecord.media Rhysida

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 ...
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NC Central University hit by Rhysida Ransomware Gang - Actor: rhysida ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ransomware review: December 2023 - This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. In November there were 457 total ransomware victims, making it the most active month for ransomware gangs in 2023 so far besides May. The top ...
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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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Pennsylvania education union data breach hit 500,000 people - PSEA says the stolen information varies by individual and consists of personal, financial, and health data, including driver's license or state IDs, social security numbers, account PINs, security codes, payment card information, passport ...
1 month ago Bleepingcomputer.com Rhysida

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

Meet Rhysida, a New Ransomware Strain That Deletes Itself - Operating since last May, an emerging ransomware strain called Rhysida was deployed along with new stealer malware called Lumar for a potent new one-two punch against Brazil's popular PIX payment system users. Researchers from Kaspersky reported ...
1 year ago Darkreading.com Rhysida

Multiple colleges, K-12 schools facing outages after cyberattacks - Several K-12 schools, colleges and universities are dealing with significant technology outages due to cyberattacks this week. A spokesperson for North Carolina Central University told Recorded Future News that the school was alerted to a cyberattack ...
1 year ago Therecord.media

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 ...
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