On August 14, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that it unsealed six warrants “authorizing the seizure of over $2.8 million in cryptocurrency, $70,000 in cash, and a luxury vehicle.” According to the press release, “all of the cryptocurrency was seized from a cryptocurrency wallet controlled by Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko, who is charged by indictment
Zeppelin
FBI + CISA Warn Companies (Especially Health Care) About Zeppelin Ransomware
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
The FBI and CISA recently issued a Cybersecurity Alert entitled “#StopRansomware: Zeppelin Ransomware” providing an alert to organizations about the proliferation of Zeppelin ransomware attacks and information on the indicators of compromise and techniques to combat them.
According to the Advisory, “From 2019 through at least June 2022, actors have used this malware to target…
Coveware 2021 Q4 Ransomware Report Issued
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
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…