Security Awareness – Ransomware Round-up

A quick-hit of recent ransomware activity and developments.

• Some findings suggest geography could be a factor in ransomware targeting selection – There are the States Most at Risk for Ransomware Attacks
• The ransomware economy is one of several within the larger cybercrime ecosystem – Inside the Ransomware Economy
• According to CrowdStrike, ransomware groups are increasingly leveraging “hypervisor” computer servers that organizations use to manage virtual machines as a way of maximizing their extortion schemes – Ransomware hackers turn to virtual machine software to boost extortion schemes
• This feature to a holiday, but Bleeping Computer’s The Week in Ransomware is back for a recap for the week ending February 26, 2021
• Food distribution giant fell victim – Asian Food Distribution Giant JFC International Hit by Ransomware
• In the latest Ryuk news:
  • Universal Health Services lost $67 million due to Ryuk ransomware attack
  • Ryuk Ransomare with Worm-Like Capabilities Spotted in the Wild