The cybersecurity community is getting duped by fake breach claims from ransomware groups, experts say — and ransomware misinformation is a threat they predict will only grow in the coming months.
The cybersecurity community should know that cybercriminals aren't reliable narrators, but lately, all ransomware groups seem to need is a Dark Web post claiming to have breached an organization, plus a couple of key re-tweets, and presto ... a full blown cyber investigation has ensued; no matter whether any breach has actually occurred or not.
Two specific incidents from the last days of January highlight this growing trend among ransomware groups, according to ransomware expert and threat researcher Yelisey Bohuslavskiy with RedSense: alleged attacks on Technica and on Europcar.
"The other side is clearly fighting back — with both the FBI taking entire groups down and businesses putting proper defenses in," he says. "Ransomware operators now need to pick up a real fight, but their collectives were never meant for this, as, in their essence, these are petty criminals with no imagination or ingenuity, targeting networks that were left unprotected. Lies and hype are the only things they are left with."
On Jan. 30, headlines blared claims made by ransomware menace ALPHV (aka BlackCat) that it had been able to steal classified information from Technica Corp., IT specialists who serve various aspects of the US government, including the Navy...
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