U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case

A U.S. government entity paid about $1 million to keep stolen files from being leaked, according to a new case study by Rakesh Krishnan for Ransom-ISAC, built on a leaked negotiation chat and the blockchain trail the payment left. The odd part: the group that took the money calls itself Kairos ,...

What does it mean when ransomware actors use “double extortion” tactics?

It is no longer enough for ransomware actors to encrypt targets files, ask for money, and get out. Over the past several years, these groups are increasingly relying on "double extortion" tactics to try and coax their victims into paying the requested ransom, or else they will leak stolen data to...

Radancy: insecure storage of information, you can view any file uploaded to the server without authentication and only with a single link

Domain and URL: http://███ https://███████ https://████/maximum-wiki-prod-app/ Summary: From a single link I have access to a multitude of uploaded files on the server. All I have to do is search for keywords such as "png" or "user" and I can retrieve the target file without authentication, witho...