Ghost ransomware has hit firms in over 70 countries, FBI and CISA warn

FBI and CISA have warned about Ghost ransomware operators The threat actors are hitting critical infrastructure, government, and other organizations They are breaching networks through unpatched, vulnerable endpoints Cybercriminal groups using the Ghost ransomware variant have so far successfully breached organizations in more than 70 countries around the world, experts have claimed. A new joint security advisory, recently published by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) noted the groups are mostly targeting critical infrastructure organizations, but are also interested in healthcare, government, technology, manufacturing, and other verticals….