Graham Cluley

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is the world's most active ransomware group - responsible for an estimated 40% of all ransomware infections worldwide. Find out what you need to know about LockBit in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 3, 2023

What it means — CitrixBleed ransomware group woes grow as over 60 credit unions, hospitals, financial services and more breached in US. Credit union technology firm Trellance own Ongoing Operations LLC, and provide a platform called Fedcomp — used by double digit number of other credit unions across the United States.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group is claiming responsibility for taking down a US-based distributor of office products called Essendant. As noted by Bleeping Computer, the original notification that something had gone wrong made no mention of ransomware or even any form of compromise.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s the question we set out to answer in this year’s annual State of Malware report, and the answers might surprise you. To understand why, you need to know what makes this year’s report so different from previous ones. LockBit was the most widely used RaaS in 2022, by far.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2022

Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. In June, LockBit was the most active ransomware , just as it has been all year. Known ransomware attacks by group, June 2022.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2021

Many of us who read the news daily encounter a regular drum beat of ransomware stories that are both worrying and heartbreaking. And what many of us don’t realize is that they are often interconnected. In one example, the researchers saw Twisted Spider posting victim data gathered by the Lockbit gang and Viking Spider.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 18, 2023

Ransomware activity stayed at steady levels throughout 2022’s fourth quarter (Q4 2022). Since we bid farewell to ever-present groups like Conti, the world of ransomware has remained a game of whack-a-mole: For every group that disappears, there are always several waiting in the shadows to replace it. The 707 tippers mark a 6.5%

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