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Raytheon settles its civil case over federal security regs, while feds indict Ukrainian national for alleged Nefilim ransomware activities. – Go Health Pro

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Raytheon settles its civil case over federal security regs, while feds indict Ukrainian national for alleged Nefilim ransomware activities. – Go Health Pro

Two different federal Justice Department cybersecurity cases announced May 1 underscored the complex challenges the agency faces in policing cybersecurity issues.The first case involved an $8.4 million civil settlement with Raytheon Company and Nightwing for resolving allegations that Raytheon violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with federal cybersecurity controls on 29 Defense … Read more

Ransomware Hack Said to Be Cause of Marks & Spencer Outages – Go Health Pro

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Ransomware Hack Said to Be Cause of Marks & Spencer Outages – Go Health Pro

A ransomware attack is the cause of a disruption at Marks & Spencer Group Plc., with hackers using a potent kind of malware to lock down some of the British retailer’s systems and render them inaccessible, according to people familiar with the attack. The company has for more than a week attempted to recover from … Read more

Ransomware Reaches A Record High, But Payouts Are Dwindling – Go Health Pro

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Ransomware Reaches A Record High, But Payouts Are Dwindling – Go Health Pro

Shed a tear, if you can, for the poor, misunderstood cybercriminals hard at work trying to earn a dishonest crust by infecting organisations with ransomware. Newly released research has revealed that the riches to be made from encrypting a company’s data and demanding a ransom are not proving so easy to come by as they … Read more

HellCat Ransomware: What You Need To Know – Go Health Pro

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HellCat Ransomware: What You Need To Know – Go Health Pro

What is HellCat? HellCat is the name of a relatively new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that first came to prominence in the second half of 2024. Like many other ransomware operations, HellCat breaks into organisations, steals sensitive files, and encrypts computer systems – demanding a ransom payment for a decryption key and to prevent the leaking … Read more

BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability – Go Health Pro

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BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability – Go Health Pro

Mar 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Vulnerability In what’s an instance of hacking the hackers, threat hunters have managed to infiltrate the online infrastructure associated with a ransomware group called BlackLock, uncovering crucial information about their modus operandi in the process. Resecurity said it identified a security vulnerability in the data leak site (DLS) operated by … Read more