A relatively new ransomware operation named Interlock attacks organizations worldwide, taking the unusual approach of creating an encryptor to target FreeBSD servers.
The RansomHub ransomware gang is behind the recent cyberattack on oil and gas services giant Halliburton, which disrupted the company's IT systems and business operations.
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A massive Magniber ransomware campaign is underway, encrypting home users' devices worldwide and demanding thousand-dollar ransoms to receive a decryptor.
The LockBit ransomware gang is once again conducting attacks, using updated encryptors with ransom notes linking to new servers after last week's law enforcement disruption.
LockBit ransomware developers were secretly building a new version of their file encrypting malware, dubbed LockBit-NG-Dev - likely a future LockBit 4.0, when law enforcement took down the cybercriminal's infrastructure earlier this week.
A sample of the Qilin ransomware gang's VMware ESXi encryptor has been found and it could be one of the most advanced and customizable Linux encryptors seen to date.
A new Phobos ransomware variant frames the popular VX-Underground malware-sharing collective, indicating the group is behind attacks using the encryptor.
A threat actor has leaked the complete source code for the first version of the HelloKitty ransomware on a Russian-speaking hacking forum, claiming to be developing a new, more powerful encryptor.
While there was quite a bit of ransomware news this week, the highlighted story was the release of Jon DiMaggio's third article in the Ransomware Diaries series, with the focus of this article on the LockBit ransomware operation.
Microsoft has discovered a new version of the BlackCat ransomware that embeds the Impacket networking framework and the Remcom hacking tool, both enabling spreading laterally across a breached network.
The Monti ransomware has returned to action after a two-month hiatus, now targeting primarily legal and government organizations, and VMware ESXi servers using a new Linux variant that is vastly different from its predecessors.
The Abyss Locker operation is the latest to develop a Linux encryptor to target VMware's ESXi virtual machines platform in attacks on the enterprise.
The new NoEscape ransomware operation is believed to be a rebrand of Avaddon, a ransomware gang that shut down and released its decryption keys in 2021.
The Royal ransomware gang has begun testing a new encryptor called BlackSuit that shares many similarities with the operation's usual encryptor.
RTM Locker is the latest enterprise-targeting ransomware operation found to be deploying a Linux encryptor that targets virtual machines on VMware ESXi servers.
The LockBit ransomware gang has created encryptors targeting Macs for the first time, likely becoming the first major ransomware operation to ever specifically target macOS.
Threat actors linked to the IceFire ransomware operation are now actively targeting Linux systems worldwide with a new dedicated encryptor.
The LockBit ransomware gang has again started using encryptors based on other operations, this time switching to one based on the leaked source code for the Conti ransomware.
Threat analysts have connected the pieces that link the Ransom Cartel RaaS (ransomware-as-a-service) to the REvil gang, one of the most notorious and prolific ransomware groups in recent years.
The LockBit ransomware operation has suffered a breach, with an allegedly disgruntled developer leaking the builder for the gang's newest encryptor.