How to guard against a vicious Medusa ransomware attack - before it's too late

ZDNET Federal authorities are warning individuals and organizations to watch out for a dangerous ransomware campaign that has recently added hundreds of victims to its count. Identifying the ransomware as Medusa, the FBI, CISA, and MS-the ISAC (Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center) have issued a joint advisory with details on how these attacks have played out and how people can defend themselves against them. What is Medusa? First spotted in June 2021, Medusa is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) variant that targets critical infrastructure organizations, such as those in the medical, education, legal, insurance, technology, and manufacturing sectors. Using RaaS, the developers farm out work to affiliates who carry out the actual attacks. Since just last month, developers and affiliates have hit more than 300 victims. Medusa started as a closed ransomware variant, meaning that the same cybercriminals who develop the malware also carry out the attacks. But over time, it ... Read full article.