The U.S. and its NATO allies endorsed a new cybersecurity defense policy during President Biden's visit this week with member states in Brussels. The policy agreement comes as Biden prepares to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to discuss cybersecurity and other issues.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday indicated he would consider handing over Russian cybercriminals to the United States if the U.S. does the same for Moscow.
Based on Russian-language cybercrime chatter, "fear" likely drove the lucrative Avaddon ransomware-as-a-service operation to announce its retirement as the U.S. exerts increasing diplomatic pressure on Moscow to disrupt such activity, experts say. But are criminals simply laying low until the heat dies down?
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After hearings in the Senate and House on a spate of ransomware attacks that have put the nation's critical infrastructure in danger, some security experts say Congress may be poised to take action to create greater regulatory oversight of cybersecurity within certain industries.
Japanese conglomerate Fujifilm, which earlier this month was the victim of a ransomware attack, reportedly refused to pay a ransom and restored operations using backups.
The prolific Avaddon ransomware-as-a-service operation has announced its closure and released 2,934 decryption keys for free. Has the increased focus by Western governments on combating ransomware been driving this and other operations to exit the fray?
The U.K. says it plans to turn the country into a global leader in cybersecurity, in partnership with the U.S, to counter threats ranging from ransomware to critical infrastructure attacks, according to a report by U.K. newspaper the Telegraph.
Fast-food giant McDonald's is acknowledging a data breach that affected some customer and company data from its locations in Korea and Taiwan. Phone numbers, delivery and email addresses were exposed. Payment data, however, has not been compromised.
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The chief operating officer of a network security firm serving the healthcare sector has been charged by federal prosecutors with crimes stemming from an alleged cyberattack on an Atlanta, Georgia-area medical center in 2018. Some legal experts say the unusual case offers forewarnings to others.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is now probing the $11 million payment that meat-producer JBS paid to a cybercriminal gang following a ransomware attack in May. Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney also asked for documents related to ransom payments made by Colonial Pipeline and CNA.
Cryptocurrency has a reputation for being tough to trace - no wonder anonymity-craving criminals favor using it. In reality, cryptocurrencies don't make users anonymous. But just how did the FBI recover most of the bitcoins paid by Colonial Pipeline to the DarkSide ransomware operation?
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