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Another Windows ransomware group, BlackMatter, appears to have shut down operations, according to a message sent out by the people behind the group.

GUEST OPINION by Tilly Travers, Sophos: Even the most carefully planned ransomware attacks don’t always go according to plan.

New York-based global minerals-based company Minerals Technologies appears to have been attacked by cyber criminals using the Egregor ransomware that runs only on Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Global cyber security vendor Sophos has launched a service known as Sophos Rapid Response, which it claims is an industry-first, fixed-fee, remote incident response service that can find and neutralise active cyber attacks right through the 45 days of the service.

The news that the Windows Maze ransomware operators are shutting shop should not be a cause for celebration for anyone, the global security firm Sophos has cautioned.

Ransomware attacks are generally assumed to hit like a thief at night, often occurring on the weekends when security staff are thinking of anything but work.

The infamous ransomware WannaCry, which burst on to the world stage in May 2017, is still very much alive and infecting Windows PCs, but a zipped portion appears to have gotten corrupted, preventing its encryption and ransom note creation components from working.