Neowin News Feed for: Lockbit

Game over: Global sting takes down LockBit cybercriminals

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:40:01 +0000

An international task force has nabbed two actors involved with the LockBit ransomware that has been causing a major headache for companies around the world since 2019. Infrastructure was seized too. Read more...

TSMC confirms partner affected by LockBit cyberattack, but there is good news

Paul Hill — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 19:46:01 +0000

TSMC has said that it wasn't greatly affected by LockBit malware that hit one of its suppliers. Despite this, hackers have demanded a $70 million ransom, or it will leak info it claims to have. Read more...

US puts $10 million bounty on Russian hacker's head

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 May 2023 00:56:01 +0000

The US Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a prolific ransomware actor, Mikhail Matveev. The Department of State will also offer a $10 million reward for info that leads to his arrest. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 builds, software issues, and cyber threats

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 17:16:01 +0000

This week's packed edition of Microsoft Weekly talks about a bunch of Windows 10 and Windows 11 preview builds, some software quality issues, and a handful of growing cybersecurity threats. Read more...

Beware: LockBit actors using Microsoft Defender to infect PCs with Cobalt Strike beacon

Sayan Sen — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:50:01 +0000

Security researchers have found that a utility inside Microsoft's own Defender anti-virus is being abused by LockBit ransomware threat actors to deliver malicious payload to victim systems. Read more...