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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

Security Affairs

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

Security Affairs

According to the press release published by the Department of State , the Lockbit ransomware operators carried out over 2,000 attacks against victims worldwide since January 2020. LockBit ransomware attacks have resulted in ransom payments exceeding $144 million for recovery. reads the press release published by DoJ.

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FBI obtained 7,000 LockBit decryption keys, victims should contact the feds to get support

Security Affairs

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

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Key strategies and technologies to help utilities respond to a “storm” never seen before

CGI

Key strategies and technologies to help utilities respond to a “storm” never seen before. For more than three decades, I served at a leading electric utility, responding to numerous storms to keep the lights on for customers and to support critical infrastructure. COVID-19 considerations and how technology can help.

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

Security Affairs

Today, additional criminal charges against Kondratyev were unsealed in the Northern District of California related to his deployment in 2020 of ransomware against a victim located in California.” on January 5, 2020. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

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Leaked documents from Russian firm NTC Vulkan show Sandworm cyberwarfare arsenal

Security Affairs

A joint research conducted by Mandiant with a collective of media outlets (including Papertrail Media, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Washington Post) focused on documents, dated between 2016 and 2020, belonging to NTC Vulkan (Russian: НТЦ Вулкан). ” concludes the report.

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China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

Security Affairs

” The list of vulnerabilities targeted by the Chinese hackers are: CVE-2020-5902 : F5 Big-IP Vulnerability – CISA has conducted incident response engagements at Federal Government and commercial entities where the threat actors exploited CVE-2020-5902. 1 ] continues the advisory.