Latest Akira news

The Week in Ransomware - April 19th 2024 - Attacks Ramp Up

While ransomware attacks decreased after the LockBit and BlackCat disruptions, they have once again started to ramp up with other operations filling the void.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 19, 2024
- 07:36 PM
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FBI: Akira ransomware raked in $42 million from 250+ victims

According to a joint advisory from the FBI, CISA, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and the Netherlands' National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL), the Akira ransomware operation has breached the networks of over 250 organizations and raked in roughly $42 million in ransom payments.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 18, 2024
- 02:11 PM
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Nissan confirms ransomware attack exposed data of 100,000 people

Nissan Oceania is warning of a data breach impacting 100,000 people after suffering a cyberattack in December 2023 that was claimed by the Akira ransomware operation.
- Bill Toulas
- March 14, 2024
- 09:04 AM
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Stanford: Data of 27,000 people stolen in September ransomware attack

Stanford University says the personal information of 27,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack impacting its Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) network.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 12, 2024
- 03:49 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - January 26th 2024 - Govts strike back

Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to prison.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 27, 2024
- 12:19 PM
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Tietoevry ransomware attack causes outages for Swedish firms, cities

Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting provider Tietoevry has suffered an Akira ransomware attack impacting cloud hosting customers in one of its data centers in Sweden.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 21, 2024
- 03:13 PM
- 0
Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices

The Finish National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC-FI) is informing of increased Akira ransomware activity in December, targeting companies in the country and wiping backups.
- Bill Toulas
- January 11, 2024
- 10:01 AM
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Nissan Australia cyberattack claimed by Akira ransomware gang

Today, the Akira ransomware gang claimed that it breached the network of Nissan Australia, the Australian division of Japanese car maker Nissan.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 22, 2023
- 11:38 AM
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US energy firm shares how Akira ransomware hacked its systems

In a rare display of transparency, US energy services firm BHI Energy details how the Akira ransomware operation breached their networks and stole the data during the attack.
- Bill Toulas
- October 23, 2023
- 12:35 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - September 29th 2023 - Dark Angels

This week has been a busy ransomware week, with ransomware attacks having a massive impact on organizations and the fallout of the MOVEit breaches to be disclosed.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 29, 2023
- 05:50 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - September 8th 2023 - Conti Indictments

It started as a slow ransomware news week but slowly picked up pace with the Department of Justice announcing indictments on TrickBot and Conti operations members.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 08, 2023
- 05:45 PM
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Cisco warns of VPN zero-day exploited by ransomware gangs

Cisco is warning of a CVE-2023-20269 zero-day vulnerability in its Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) that is actively exploited by ransomware operations to gain initial access to corporate networks.
- Bill Toulas
- September 08, 2023
- 09:32 AM
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Hacking campaign bruteforces Cisco VPNs to breach networks

Hackers are targeting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SSL VPNs in credential stuffing and brute-force attacks that take advantage of lapses in security defenses, such as not enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 30, 2023
- 12:00 PM
- 0
Akira ransomware targets Cisco VPNs to breach organizations

There's mounting evidence that Akira ransomware targets Cisco VPN (virtual private network) products as an attack vector to breach corporate networks, steal, and eventually encrypt data.
- Bill Toulas
- August 22, 2023
- 09:00 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - August 4th 2023 - Targeting VMware ESXi

Ransomware gangs continue to prioritize targeting VMware ESXi servers, with almost every active ransomware gang creating custom Linux encryptors for this purpose.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 04, 2023
- 07:12 PM
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The Week in Ransomware - July 28th 2023 - New extortion tactics

With ransom payments declining, ransomware gangs are evolving their extortion tactics to utilize new methods to pressure victims.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 28, 2023
- 04:01 PM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - June 30th 2023 - Mistaken Identity

A case of mistaken identity and further MOVEit Transfer data breaches continue dominated the ransomware news cycle this week.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 30, 2023
- 05:33 PM
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Free Akira ransomware decryptor helps recover your files

Cybersecurity firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can help victims recover their data without paying the crooks any money.
- Bill Toulas
- June 30, 2023
- 12:45 PM
- 0
Linux version of Akira ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

The Akira ransomware operation uses a Linux encryptor to encrypt VMware ESXi virtual machines in double-extortion attacks against companies worldwide.
- Bill Toulas
- June 28, 2023
- 02:51 PM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - May 12th 2023 - New Gangs Emerge

This week we have multiple reports of new ransomware families targeting the enterprise, named Cactus and Akira, both increasingly active as they target the enterprise.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 12, 2023
- 05:23 PM
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