A former federal public servant from Gatineau, Que., who pleaded guilty in Canada after a ransomware investigation that netted tens of millions of dollars' worth of seized bitcoin, has now pleaded guilty to similar charges in the U.S.
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Security researchers have uncovered that year-on-year ransomware attacks are doubling in number. According to a report from
TechTarget, the average ransom payment has
increased by 43% as compared to Q4 of 2020. That is
$220,298 from $154,108 in Q4 2020.
Reportedly, the year 2020 witnessed a double ransomware attack due to remote working culture in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of
work from home cyber security measures was the biggest reason behind the surge in cyber attacks. Not to mention, just recently, another giant firm
Comparatively, the cyber threat landscape has evolved and cyber criminals are getting more sophisticated. Currently, they have been launching back-to-back cyber attacks to breach the data of small and big enterprises.
The Week in Ransomware - February 12th 2021 - More keys released
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This week we saw another ransomware shut down its operation and a significant attack against Cyberpunk 2077 game developer CD Projekt Red.
Another operation known as Ziggy Ransomware shut down this week and released the decryption keys for victims. This shut down was due to increased concern about law enforcement action after the disruption and arrests in the Netwalker Ransomware operation.
U.S. Takes Part in Multinational Efforts to Disrupt Netwalker Ransomware and Emotet Malware | Alston
News Highlights: U.S. Takes Part in Multinational Efforts to Disrupt Netwalker Ransomware and Emotet Malware | Alston.
On January 27 and 28, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different types of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking trojan known as Emotet, that have affected victims around the world and suffered millions of dollars in damages in recent years.
The law enforcement actions against Netwalker and Emotet are the latest examples of success cooperation between international governments in fighting cross-border cybercrime as the US partnered with Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Lithuania, Sweden and Ukraine to disrupt the Emotet botnet, and Bulgarian authorities assisted in the operation against Netwalker. The DOJ announcement on Emotet notes, “Now, more than ever, international cooperati