Ransomware News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore had a rocky launch earlier this year, and while many players were likely up in arms over some of the issues it had out of the gate, news of a ransomware attack that saw over 17 thousand accounts deleted might be the last straw.

With just a touch of bravado, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (or Europol) has announced «a major blow» to the Ragnar Locker ransomware group. To you and me, that name is mostly familiar because of the organisation's 2020 attack on Capcom, which saw it demand $11 million and affect around 400,000 people's data. 

European police have «taken down» the gang of ransomware attackers responsible for 2020's high-profile Capcom hack, which saw confidential employee information and details on a swathe of upcoming games splashed across the internet.

The ransomware group responsible for a Capcom data breach in 2020 has been “taken down” in an international police operation, with its key member arrested.

Police across Europe may have dealt a major blow to the cybercriminal gang behind the ransomware strain Ragnar Locker. 

The amount of time it takes an attacker to infect a system with ransomware has fallen dramatically over the past 12 months.

Update (26th September 2023): Sony has put out a short statement regarding the recent report about an alleged ransomware attack on the company. It told IGN: «We are currently investigating the situation, and we have no further comment at this time.»

A ransomware group has claimed that it breached Sony's systems, but it is still unknown if an attack occurred.

Sony announced today it’s launching an investigation into a ransomware attack that allegedly occurred yesterday. It’s not disclosing the details of the investigation, save that it’s happening, but the group responsible is reportedly trying to sell the information. Given Sony’s history with data breaches, such as the one in 2011, having more data breaches would be a blow to the company.

Sony says it is investigating a claim by a ransomware group that says it has hacked the company's systems and is now trying to sell the data it accessed.

Ransomware attacks are nothing too surprising these days. Several groups prey on companies. You’ll find that these groups will hack into a company’s system and steal internal files. From there, the group usually will hold these files hostage and demand money before destroying the files. Some companies will go along and eat the costs, while others will refuse. This refusal typically leads to the files being shared online or sold to the highest bidder. Some high-profile companies can be targeted as well, and their security systems attempt to hold off attackers, but skilled groups can still manage to get through. That’s exactly what might have happened recently with Sony.

Sony has apparently had all of its data stolen in a ransomware attack, but is refusing to pay to stop the data being sold.

Sony is no stranger to having its private data leaked, sometimes to the detriment of its customers. The company may be in trouble again, as a group called Ransomed.vc claims to have compromised all of Sony’s systems.

Sony is all too familiar with hacks and ransomware. As with all major companies, these are issues that are constantly battled online. However, Sony was targeted by a big hack that took their online services down for over three weeks. This was back in 2011, when millions of accounts were compromised, forcing Sony to acknowledge the problem and offer an apology, compensation, and multiple lawsuits. However, it looks like Sony has another major issue coming up if one ransomware group is to be believed. 

A ransomware group has claimed to have hacked Sony, and is now trying to sell data stolen from the company.

Ransomware group Ransomed.vc claims to have successfully breached Sony Group and is threatening to sell a cache of data stolen from the Japanese company.

US investigators say they’ve dealt a serious blow to the ransomware scourge by taking down a notorious botnet known as Qakbot. 

A cloud hosting firm in Denmark has lost a “majority” of its customer data after a ransomware attack infected the company’s systems. 

The prevailing wisdom from cybersecurity experts is that trying to negotiate with ransomware hackers is a bad idea, but on December 30th, 2020, one victim broke the rules and gave it a shot.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a warning about a new internet ransomware virus called 'Akira,' which is causing significant concern. This malicious software is designed to target both Windows and Linux-based systems.