
Ransomware business drops down the loo
The sound of the world’s smallest violin playing
It seems that the bottom has dropped out of the ransomware business.

UK bans public sector from paying ransomware hackers
No money there anyway
UK public sector and critical infrastructure organizations could be banned from making ransom payments under new government proposals.

Clop ransomware gang carrying out mass hacks
Targeting MOVEit Transfer
Security researchers have linked a new wave of mass hacks targeting a popular file transfer tool to the Clop ransomware gang.

Italian taxman hit by ransomware
Rome might have fallen but government says it never happened
Italy’s tax agency was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend, but investigators insist that there was no evidence of a breach.

Trend Micro finds new Linux based ransomware
Targets VMware ESXi servers
Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that's being used to attack VMware ESXi servers.

More attacks on unpatched software
IBM warns
Biggish Blue’s annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index said that there had been a 33 per cent increase in attacks caused by vulnerability exploitation of unpatched software which were the cause of 44 per cent of ransomware attacks.

White House wants a 30 country ransomware conference
Address the threat of ransomware
The White House will convene a 30 country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security.

G7 asks Russia to reign in ransomware attacks
It asked nicely
G7 member states have asked Russia and other countries to crack down on ransomware gangs operating within their borders.

Ransomware attacks to be treated as terrorism
But KKK are still “good people”
The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cybercriminals.

Ransomware attacks evolving
Ransomware 2.0 has opposable thumbs
Data-stealing ransomware attacks are evolving into data-stealing attacks, according to a new security update from F-Secure.