On August 18, 2026, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued an update to a previous advisory to the health care industry warning against Medusa ransomware. The advisory provided tactics, techniques, and procedures as well as the indicators of compromise gathered to assist
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Boeing Hit with LockBit Ransomware
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Boeing has confirmed that its parts and distribution site has been attacked by LockBit ransomware, which is believed to be Russian based. Boeing has said that the attack has not affected flight safety. Boeing is investigating the attack.
LockBit publicly claimed responsibility for the attack and boasted that it had stolen “sensitive data” from Boeing…
Prometheus Ransomware Targeting Manufacturing Sector
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Since the Colonial Pipeline and JBS meat manufacturing security incidents, attention is finally…
OFAC Issues Advisory on Sanctions for Facilitating Ransomware Payments
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On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory “to highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments related to malicious cyber-enabled activities.”
The advisory acknowledges that the incidents of ransomware attacks on U.S. companies have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the advisory does not mention that companies have been paying ransoms when they are victimized, it has been publicly reported that companies have paid ransoms, particularly when data has been exfiltrated and the cybercriminals are threatening to post the data online unless a ransom is paid for confirmation of destruction, as is the scheme used by Maze.
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