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BlackCat Ransomware Improves Capabilities With Sphynx Variant

A BlackCat ransomware version announced in February includes new abilities allowing attackers to evade detection and analysis.

Ransomware

Q&A: Megan Stifel

From safe haven countries to crackdowns on cryptocurrency exchanges used for ransomware payments, Megan Stifel talks about how the security ecosystem is putting pressure on ransomware threat groups.

Q&a, Ransomware

New Ransomware Group Uses Repurposed LockBit, Babuk Variants

Researchers with Symantec said the threat actor behind the campaign, Blacktail, hasn’t been linked to any existing cybercrime group.

Ransomware

Decipher Podcast: Megan Stifel Returns

Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology and executive director of the Ransomware Task Force, talks about the multitude of efforts being made in tackling the ransomware threat landscape.

Podcast, Ransomware Task Force, Ransomware

BlackCat Ransomware Actors Use Malicious Drivers to Evade Detection

Researchers said that malicious Windows kernel drivers will continue to be used by sophisticated groups that have the skills and resources needed to develop such tools.

Ransomware, Windows