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LockBit is a cybercriminal group proposing ransomware as a service (RaaS). Software developed by the group (also called ransomware) enables malicious actors who are willing to pay for using it to carry out attacks in two tactics where they not only encrypt the victim's data and demand payment of a ransom, but also threaten to leak it publicly if their demands are not met.
Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has restored its servers and is back in business. The group ...
The indictment calls LockBit “the most prolific and destructive ransomware group in the world” and says LockBit is responsible for extorting at least $500 million in ransom payments from ...
A major Russian-based ransomware syndicate called LockBit took responsibility for the attack in Fulton County. Four months later, the feds indicted the group's alleged ringleader, Dmitry Khorshev ...
Ransomware as a service (RaaS) is a cybercrime business model where ransomware operators write software and affiliates pay to launch attacks using said software. [1] Affiliates do not need to have technical skills of their own but rely on the technical skills of the operators.
By providing initial access, IABs allow other cyber criminals like ransomware groups to more quickly infiltrate networks and launch attacks without wasting time to gain entry themselves. This access as a service model - in analogy to the software as a service model - provides scalability and efficiency to cybercriminal operations. Ransomware in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged a Russian-Israeli dual citizen over alleged involvement with the Lockbit ransomware group, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.
DoublePulsar is a backdoor implant tool developed by the U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA) Equation Group that was leaked by The Shadow Brokers in early 2017. [3] [citation needed] The tool infected more than 200,000 Microsoft Windows computers in only a few weeks, [4] [5] [3] [6] [7] and was used alongside EternalBlue in the May 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack.