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A Ukrainian man has been extradited to the United States to face criminal charges connected with the deployment of REvil Ransomware, also known as Sodinokibi. Yaroslav Vasinskyi is accused of orchestrating ransomware attacks against multiple commercial targets in America. Alleged victims of the 22-year-old include the multi-national information technology software company Kaseya, which was hit in July 2021. “In the alleged attack against Kaseya, Vasinskyi caused the deployment of malicious Sodinokibi/REvil code throughout a Kaseya product that caused the…

Europol has announced the development of a new AI accountability framework designed to guide the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by security practitioners. The move represents a major milestone in the Accountability Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AP4AI) project, which aims to create a practical toolkit that can directly support AI accountability when used in the internal security domain. The “world-first” framework was developed in consultation with experts from 28 countries, representing law enforcement officials, lawyers and…

What is this Ragnar Locker thing I’ve heard about? Ragnar Locker is a family of ransomware, which first came to prominence in early 2020 when it became notorious for hitting large organisations, attempting to extort large amounts of cryptocurrency from its victims. So just your bunch of cybercriminals then? Yes, although on their underground website, where they leak files stolen from their corporate victims, they attempt to portray themselves rather differently. In the Ragnar Locker…

Enterprises that deploy smartphones and other mobile devices to its employees should be on the lookout for malware sent via text-based phishing, which has risen 500% since early February, cybersecurity firm Proofpoint says in a new report. This comes after a 2021 where malware attacks on mobile devices fell sharply. However, new strains of malware are recording audio and video, tracking location and destroying or wiping content and data, according to the report. Android phones,…

AWS Marketplace is a curated digital catalog that customers can use to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services to build solutions and run their businesses. AWS Marketplace includes thousands of software listings from popular categories such as security, business applications, machine learning, and data products across specific industries, such as healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications.  In addition to category-leading products from VMware like CloudHealth, CarbonBlack, and Tanzu, we are pleased to…