BlackCat
US charges another ransomware negotiator linked to BlackCat attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice charged another former DigitalMint employee for his involvement in an insider scheme in which ransomware negotiators secretly partnered with the BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware operation. Angelo Martino has been charged with one count of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion after surrendering to the U.S. Marshals on March 10. […]
US cybersecurity experts plead guilty to BlackCat ransomware attacks
Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint have pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks in 2023. 33-year-old Ryan Clifford Goldberg of Watkinsville, Georgia (in federal custody since September 2023), and 28-year-old Kevin Tyler Martin of Roanoke, Texas, who were charged in November, have now pleaded guilty to […]
FinCEN says ransomware gangs extorted over $2.1B from 2022 to 2024
A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in 2024, following a series of law enforcement actions targeting the ALPHV/BlackCat and LockBit ransomware gangs. From thousands of Bank Secrecy Act filings, the report documents 4,194 ransomware incidents between January 2022 and December 2024. These reports […]
UnitedHealth now says 190 million impacted by 2024 data breach
UnitedHealth has revealed that 190 million Americans had their personal and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, nearly doubling the previously disclosed figure. In October, UnitedHealth reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights that the attack affected 100 million people. However, as first reported by TechCrunch, UnitedHealth […]
Top 10 Cyber Security Threats of 2024
Introduction The aim of this blog is to highlight the 2024 global cybersecurity trends that defenders can study to prepare themselves for the threats of 2025. The Top 10 Cyber Threats of 2024 had several interesting themes, such as aggressive cyber espionage campaigns from Russia and China, new cases of state-sponsored cybercrime from Iran and […]