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Identity & Access

Ransomware Gangs Are Now Paying Insiders to Unlock the Front Door

Criminal groups are bribing employees to hand over company access rather than hacking their way in. It is cheaper, faster, and harder to detect, and the insider threat problem is getting worse.

4 min read
Dark web marketplace interface in ruins with seized banners overlaid, LockBit's reputation metrics plummeting on charts, ransom payment flows cut off, server eq
Ransomware

How the FBI Took Down LockBit by Destroying the One Thing Criminals Can't Easily Replace: Trust

Operation Cronos didn't just seize servers. It turned LockBit's own website against its partners, shattered the group's reputation, and cut US ransom payments by 79 percent in the second half of 2024.

4 min read
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Ransomware

US charges three Russians behind 'bulletproof' hosting service used by LockBit and Play ransomware

Federal prosecutors say Media Land and ML.Cloud rented servers to ransomware crews that caused more than $62 million in damage across 21 US states.

4 min read
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Ransomware

Ransomware Surge Led by Lockbit and Conti Offshoots

NCC Group counts 198 successful ransomware campaigns in July 2023, up 47 percent from June, with Lockbit and two Conti-born groups driving most of the damage.

3 min read
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