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Russian programmer Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev — who has been accused of being involved with the LockBit, Hive, and Babuk ransomware operations — has reportedly been apprehended and indicted by Russian authorities for developing data encrypting software that could be leveraged for ransomware extortion activities.

Alder Hey Children's Hospital got hit with a ransomware attack, while the nature of an incident at Wirral University Teaching Hospital remains undisclosed.

The playbooks that accompany your incident response plan provide efficiency and consistency in responses, help reduce downtime and dwell time, and can be a cost-saving and reputational-saving measure for your organization.

Microsoft is readying a new release of Windows in 2025 that will have significant security controls, such as more resilient drivers and a "self-defending" operating system kernel.