The latest on ransomware gangs and their strategies. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday May 17th. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.

Among its Canadian victims is Brookside Residential. Several months after starting operations, Darkside announced an affiliate program (dubbed ransomware-as-a-service by infosec pros), allowing paying ...

Groups like DarkSide that work under the ransomware-as-a-service umbrella often aren't the ones responsible for executing a hack.

It seemed like the tide was turning on ransomware after the U.S. government scored a handful of wins against the cybercriminals carrying out these increasingly damaging attacks: the Justice Department ...

Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. According to a recent analysis by security vendor Varonis, DarkSide is a ransomware-as-a-service group that began ...

The ransomware variant used by DarkSide, which has been the subject of an FBI investigation for the last year, is one of more than 100 that law enforcement officials have identified, said FBI ...

DarkSide, a relatively new ransomware tool, is sold by hackers who claim to have “received millions of dollars profit by partnering with other well-known cryptolockers,” creating a “perfect ...

Darkside ransomware attained notoriety for its attack on U.S. based Colonial Pipeline in 2021.

Like other ransomware groups, DarkSide has learned that large manufacturing companies often have cyber insurance and pay quickly.“You hear this talk of the geopolitical stuff, but this is really ...

A Toshiba Corp unit said it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group believed to be behind the U.S. pipeline attack, while Ireland's health service operator shut down all its IT systems on ...

Security researchers said DarkSide’s multiple websites had stopped being accessible. Ransomware attacks have increased in number and amount of demands, with hackers encrypting data and seeking ...