Despite a recent high-profile multilateral crackdown, attacks on hospitals and nonprofits under the name of ransomware syndicate LockBit are expected to continue, industry experts told The Asahi ...

LockBit, operating since 2019, has been the most prolific ransomware syndicate two years running. The group accounted for 23% of the nearly 4,000 attacks globally last year in which ransomware gangs ...

A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in 2024, following a series of law enforcement actions targeting the ...

The cybercriminal group known as LockBit has released an improved 5.0 version of its ransomware (LockBit 5.0), which is “significantly more dangerous,” warns Trend Micro. The malware now attacks ...

Trend Micro has identified a new LockBit ransomware variant that is “significantly more dangerous” than previous versions and is being deployed in the wild. The notorious LockBit ransomware gang ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged a Russian-Israeli dual citizen over alleged involvement with the Lockbit ransomware group, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. Rostislav ...

its ransomware attack on the Nagoya Port container terminal, has apparently been hacked. The leaked data includes 59,975 Bitcoin (BTC) addresses used by LockBit, as well as 4,442 conversations with ...

What we know so far: Whether LockBit 5.0 achieves broad deployment remains to be seen, but its design signals that ransomware ecosystems are evolving beyond traditional Windows-only targets. Security ...

Three of the bigger names in ransomware and data extortion recently announced that they're making a cartel-style play, though it's unclear what kind of impact that will have. Qilin is a relative ...

The individuals behind a new version of the LockBit ransomware dramatically expanded their targeting during September, amid a wider rise in ransomware attacks, which were up by over a quarter when ...