The US authorities have released more details on emerging ransomware group BlackMatter, which it says has already targeted multiple critical infrastructure providers in the country. The alert comes from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA). The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation appeared in July. It has been suggested that it may have links to the DarkSide group that came under pressure from Washington after the Colonial Pipeline attack. That…

News Detail Record Date for $11.5B conditional special dividend is October 29, 2021 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW) (“VMware”), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced that October 29, 2021 has been set as the record date (the “Record Date”) for VMware’s $11.5 billion, conditional special dividend payable pro-rata to all VMware stockholders (the “Special … Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 Record Date for $11.5B conditional special dividend is October 29, 2021…

Victims of cryptocurrency fraud have already lost over £146m ($200m) so far this year, a double-digit increase over 2020 figures, according to reports. Bloomberg received confirmation from the City of London police that losses in the year-to-date had surged 30% over the figure for the whole of 2020. The police force, which runs the UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting center, pointed to 7118 reports in 2021 so far, with over half of the victims…

Introduction Going by recent headlines you could be forgiven for thinking all ransomware operators are raking in millions of ill-gotten dollars each year from their nefarious activities. Lurking in the shadows of every large-scale attack by organized gangs of cybercriminals, however, there can be found a multitude of smaller actors who do not have access to the latest ransomware samples, the ability to be affiliates in the post-DarkSide RaaS world or the financial clout to…