Malware protection specialist Emsisoft has released free decryption tools for the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware variants. The decryptors were recently uploaded to the VirusTotal malware analysis...
Professional Finance Company Inc. (PFC), a full-service accounts receivables management company, says that a ransomware attack in late February led to a data breach affecting over...
Network-attached storage (NAS) vendor QNAP warned customers to secure their devices against attacks using Checkmate ransomware to encrypt data. QNAP says the attacks are focused on...
A less known ransomware threat dubbed Maui has been and is likely to continue hitting healthcare organizations, a new CISA alert warns. Maui is unusual in many...
Hacking groups and ransomware operations are moving away from Cobalt Strike to the newer Brute Ratel post-exploitation toolkit to evade detection by EDR and antivirus solutions....
The FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued today a joint advisory warning of North-Korean-backed threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks against Healthcare and...
Officials are connecting the “Maui” ransomware to attacks on the public health sector over the past year. State-sponsored actors from North Korea are behind a lesser-known...
The threat actor behind the lesser-known AstraLocker ransomware told BleepingComputer they’re shutting down the operation and plan to switch to cryptojacking. The ransomware’s developer submitted a ZIP...
Publishing giant Macmillan was forced to shut down their network and offices while recovering from a security incident that appears to be a ransomware attack. The...
A lesser-known ransomware strain called AstraLocker has recently released its second major version, and according to threat analysts, its operators engage in rapid attacks that drop...