Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Justice Department (DoJ) announced on December 19th that the Federal Bureau of Investigations had disrupted the BlackCat ransomware threat group’s activity. The FBI offered a decryption tool to more than 500 affected victims. They also encourage potentially unknown BlackCat/ ALPHV victims to speak up.

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ZoneAlarm

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In recent months, the US healthcare sector has been under siege by a series of sophisticated ransomware attacks, with hospitals nationwide facing significant operational disruptions and the compromise of sensitive patient data.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Change Healthcare, a major provider of IT services to hospitals, continues to battle the BlackCat ransomware syndicate. BlackCat's administrator recently posted a note encouraging its members to target hospitals, specifically, according to U.S. BlackCat leveraged the sensitive data stolen in the breach to demand huge ransom payments.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the seizure of the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group. The FBI seized the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group and replaced the home page with the announcement of the seizure. critical infrastructure.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the seizure of the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group. The FBI seized the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group and replaced the home page with the announcement of the seizure. critical infrastructure.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2022

BlackCat (aka ALPHV) Ransomware gang introduced an advanced search by stolen victim’s passwords, and confidential documents. The notorious cybercriminal syndicate BlackCat competes with Conti and Lockbit 3.0. The most common ransom demand practiced by BlackCat jumped up to $2.5 million and it seems its trajectory will only grow.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2023

Microsoft announced it has taken legal action to disrupt the illegal use of copies of the post-exploitation tool Cobalt Strike by cybercriminals. This includes installing ransomware like Conti , LockBit , Quantum Locker, Royal, Cuba, BlackBasta , BlackCat and PlayCrypt, to arrest access to the systems. ” reads the court order.

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