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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Joint Advisory Warns of MedusaLocker Ransomware
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
A recently-issued joint advisory by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the Treasury Department warns that MedusaLocker ransomware “targets vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to access victims’ networks.” The alert encourages “network defenders to examine their current cybersecurity posture and apply the recommended mitigations,…including:
- Prioritize remediating