The U.S. government security advisory comes the same week that the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest U.S. school district, said it was hit by ransomware.
Researchers warn of an uptick in multiple ransomware groups targeting the same vulnerable networks, as seen in a recent attack that involved Hive, LockBit and BlackCat/ALPHV affiliates.
Megan Stifel, the chief strategy officer at the Institute for Security and Technology and co-chair of the Ransomware Task Force, talks about ransomware mitigation measures for organizations at a global scale and for small and medium-sized businesses.
U.S. authorities seized a half million dollars and disrupted the activities of a North Korean state-sponsored group.
The release of LockBit 3.0 is making waves in a ransomware ecosystem that has been reshaped due to Conti shutting down its operations.