July 18, 2023

Sophos Discovers Ransomware Abusing “Sophos” Name

Threat Research

January 27, 2023

Hive ransomware servers shut down at last, says FBI

Unfortunately, you've probably already heard the cliche that "cybercrime abhors a vacuum"...

Naked Security

June 11, 2021

Relentless REvil, revealed: RaaS as variable as the criminals who use it

No two criminal groups deploy the ransomware-as-a-service, also known as Sodinokibi, in exactly the same way

SophosLabs UncutThreat Research

February 15, 2021

Egregor ransomware criminals allegedly busted in Ukraine

More good news in the cybercrime law-and-order world, this time a bust of ransomware crooks.

Naked Security

August 04, 2020

GandCrab ransomware hacker arrested in Belarus

Suspect is alleged to have extorted more than 1000 people, mostly in India, US, Ukraine, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Russia.

Naked Security

July 14, 2020

RATicate upgrades “RATs as a Service” attacks with commercial “crypter”

SophosLabs Uncut

March 23, 2020

Stolen data of company that refused REvil ransom payment now on sale

A comment from one buyer of data purportedly from Brooks International: "It even has credit card number & a password. lol !!"

Naked Security

November 14, 2019

How the most damaging ransomware evades IT security

This article is a condensed version of our report How Ransomware Behaves: What defenders should know about the top families

SophosLabs UncutThreat Research

June 04, 2019

GandCrab ransomware crooks to shut up shop

GandCrab's creators are giving themselves a "well-deserved retirement" after extorting (they say) $2 billion.

Naked Security