Dragos issued its Industrial Ransomware Analysis for Q2 on August 14, 2024. The analysis shows that ransomware attacks significantly increased in Q2, with many ransomware groups disrupted by law enforcement rebranding themselves into new groups. For instance, BlackCat became inactive in March 2024 after being targeted by law enforcement in late 2023 but “recalibrated their
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SharpRhino Malware Targeting IT Professionals
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Information technology professionals—beware of SharpRhino—a malware variant attributed to threat actor cybercriminals associated with Hunters International. It is being reported that Hunters International is the “10th most active ransomware group in 2024.” Hunters International has “claimed responsibility for 134 attacks in the first seven months of 2024.” It has been linked to the defunct…