Keys pleads innocent to Anonymous conspiracy charges

Nearly 20 water, energy, and heating providers across Ukraine were noted by the country's Computer Emergency Response Team to have their information and communications systems targeted by Russian state-backed advanced persistent threat operation Sandworm, also known as APT44, Voodoo Bear, BlackEnergy, and Seashell Blizzard, last month, reports BleepingComputer.

Stealthy industrial-scale data exfiltration attacks have been launched by Chinese cyberespionage operation ToddyCat against government entities, including defense organizations, across the Asia-Pacific through its arsenal of advanced hacking tools, according to The Hacker News.

Only 28% of ransomware attack-hit organizations have fulfilled their attackers' extortion demands during the first three months of 2024, which is the lowest on record, potentially due to increased protective measures and mounting legal concerns stemming from paying such demands, BleepingComputer reports.