Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Used by Ransomware Gangs

Microsoft disrupted Fox Tempest, a malware-signing service accused of abusing Azure certificates to disguise ransomware and ...
CPO Magazine

Cyber Attack by Nitrogen Ransomware Hits Foxconn, Disrupting North American Operations

One of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers, Foxconn, has experienced a cyber attack on its North American operation ...

Sophos report warns new "WantToCry" ransomware could pose a major risk

WantToCry operators are asking for change, compared to other ransomware players.
Tech Times

Microsoft Dismantles Fox Tempest: Ransomware Groups Paid Up to $9,500 to Fake Windows Software Signatures

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit unsealed a civil lawsuit on May 19 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New ...
Business Wire

Malwarebytes Endpoint Security Now Protects Businesses Against Current and Future Ransomware Threats

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution for consumers and businesses, today announced new anti-ransomware capabilities for ...
American Hospital Association

Microsoft disrupts Fox Tempest malware attacking health care, other sectors

Microsoft announced May 19 that it disrupted operations of Fox Tempest, a threat actor operating as a ...
SecurityWeek

Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Run by ‘Fox Tempest’

Microsoft has disrupted the Fox Tempest cybercrime service that has been helping threat actors distribute ransomware and ...

Cybercrime service disrupted for abusing Microsoft platform to sign malware

Microsoft says it has disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that abused the company's Artifact Signing ...
Microsoft

Exposing Fox Tempest: A malware-signing service operation

Fox Tempest is a financially motivated threat actor operating a malware‑signing‑as‑a‑service (MSaaS) used by other ...
Bleeping Computer

NoName ransomware gang deploying RansomHub malware in recent attacks

The NoName ransomware gang has been trying to build a reputation for more than three years targeting small and medium-sized businesses worldwide with its encryptors and may now be working as a ...
NBC New York

Ransomware is 35 years old and now a billion-dollar problem. Here's how it could evolve

Ransomware is now a billion-dollar industry. But it wasn't always that large — nor was it the prevalent cybersecurity risk it is today. Dating back to the 1980s, ransomware is a form of malware used ...