Mon May 17 2021: Intense ransomware activity on the weekend, with government responses
Two things to know today It was a weekend of ransomware…. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/darkside-ransomware-servers-reportedly-seized-operation-shuts-down/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chemical-distributor-pays-44-million-to-darkside-ransomware/ https://www.elliptic.co/blog/elliptic-follows-bitcoin-ransoms-paid-by-darkside-ransomware-victims https://www.itnews.com.au/news/more-ransomware-websites-disappear-in-aftermath-of-colonial-pipeline-hack-564646 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/darkside-ransomware-servers-reportedly-seized-operation-shuts-down/ https://www.itnews.com.au/news/toshiba-unit-hacked-by-darkside-564603 https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/ransomware/darkside-hits-it-services-provider/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ireland-s-health-services-hit-with-20-million-ransomware-demand/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/irish-healthcare-shuts-down-it-systems-after-conti-ransomware-attack/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qnap-warns-of-ech0raix-ransomware-attacks-roon-server-zero-day/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/insurer-axa-hit-by-ransomware-after-dropping-support-for-ransom-payments/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-ads-now-also-banned-on-exploit-cybercrime-forum/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-russian-hacking-forum-xss-bans-all-ransomware-topics/ https://www.reinsurancene.ws/pipeline-cyber-attack-not-surprising-says-swiss-res-mumenthaler/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meet-lorenz-a-new-ransomware-gang-targeting-the-enterprise/ AND … and movement on controlling it. https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/05/cyber-response-bill-advances-senate/174023/ https://ww [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-cisa-chief-christopher-krebs-biden-order-on-cybersecurity/]
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Two things to know today
It was a weekend of ransomware….
https://www.elliptic.co/blog/elliptic-follows-bitcoin-ransoms-paid-by-darkside-ransomware-victims
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/toshiba-unit-hacked-by-darkside-564603
https://www.reinsurancene.ws/pipeline-cyber-attack-not-surprising-says-swiss-res-mumenthaler/
AND
… and movement on controlling it.
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2021/05/cyber-response-bill-advances-senate/174023/
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