The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on October 11, 2023, urging companies (particularly those in the critical infrastructure sector) to take steps to mitigate cyber threats for AvosLocker Ransomware.

The Advisory urges companies to:

  • Restrict Remote Desktop Protocol
  • Threat actors never cease to find innovative ways to extort their victims. If only threat actors would use their creativity for good causes.

    This week, Bluefield University communicated with its students to be careful of texts sent through the University’s communication system after a ransomware group used the communication system to message the campus about

    Coveware issued its 2021 Q4 Ransomware Report on February 1, 2022. The report stated that although average and median ransom payments increased “dramatically” in Q4, “we believe this change was driven by a subtle tactical shift by Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operations that reflected the increasing costs and risks” of executing an attack.

    Because it is riskier

    According to a report issued on August 24, 2021, by Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats, four emerging ransomware groups “are currently affecting organizations and show signs of having the potential to become more prevalent in the future.”

    The four emerging groups identified by Unit 42 include:

    AvosLocker,