Ransomware Roundup: 06.17.22

This weekly ransomware roundup highlights several active and high-impact developments: an outage in Palermo attributed to ransomware (Vice Society), analysis of HelloXD and BlackCat ransomware families (including BlackCat’s new searchable victim data capability and RaaS proliferation), reports of BlackCat and Cerber deployments against organizations such as universities, and automated exploitation of an Atlassian Confluence server vulnerability. The briefing also notes broader impacts on defenders (stress and attrition) and examples of operator behavior (social-media advertising).