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12765190863?profile=RESIZE_400xA new security report released this week revealed a record-breaking $75 million ransom paid by a single victim to the Dark Angels ransomware gang earlier this year.  The payment surpasses the previous highest known ransom of $40 million paid by insurance giant CNA to Evil Corp.  The specific company involved has not been disclosed at the time of this writing. However, there are speculations that pharmaceutical giant Cencora ranked #10 on the Fortune 50 list, experienced a cyberattack in February

9788455460?profile=RESIZE_400xGrief, a ransomware group with ties to Russia-based Evil Corp, claims to have stolen data from the gun-rights group and has posted files on its dark web site. A ransomware group tied to Russia claims to have stolen data from the National Rifle Association (NRA) in a ransomware attack on the controversial gun-rights group, which has declined to comment on the situation.

The Grief ransomware gang listed the NRA as a victim of its nefarious activity on its data-leak site. Brett Callow, a threat ana

8989665473?profile=RESIZE_400xThe infamous cybercrime organization known as Evil Corp may be running cyberespionage operations on behalf of a Russian intelligence agency, security consulting company Truesec reports.  Active since at least 2009 and also referred to as TA505, the hacking group is known for the use of the Dridex banking Trojan, but also for ransomware families such as Locky, Bart, Jaff, and BitPaymer, along with the more recent WastedLocker and Hades.

Evil Corp is allegedly run by Russian nationals Maksim Yakub

6641863457?profile=RESIZE_400xRansomware is unfortunately is the new normal for businesses of all segments and sizes and this malware is multiplying quickly.  More than two-dozen US organizations were attacked in recent days by a known threat group attempting to deploy a dangerous new strain of ransomware called WastedLocker.

Had the attacks succeeded, they could have resulted in millions of dollars in damages to the organizations and potentially had a major impact on supply chains in the US, Symantec said in a report on 26