Last Week in Ransomware: 09.25.23

BlackCat/ALPHV's Sphynx ransomware is reported to have advanced capabilities—harvesting one-time passwords to bypass defenses, disabling Sophos Central protections, and using Base64-encoded stolen Azure keys to access and target cloud storage—while exhibiting multi-OS impact and strong evasion techniques; the report also highlights growing ransomware profitability, attribution difficulties, and rising cyber insurance claims.