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2023-03-03 00:32:15 | Crappy insecure software in Biden\'s crosshairs (lien direct) | Just-revealed US cybersecurity strategy 'has fangs' for catching crafty criminals and crummy coders Analysis Technology providers can expect more regulations, while cyber criminals can look for US law enforcement to step up their efforts to disrupt ransomware gangs and other illicit activities, under the Biden administration's computer security plan announced on Thursday.… | Ransomware | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-28 06:59:07 | US Marshals Service leaks \'law enforcement sensitive information\' in ransomware incident (lien direct) | It's not just another data breach when the victim oversees witness protection programs The US Marshals Service, the enforcement branch of the nation's federal courts, has admitted to a “major” breach of its information security defenses allowed a ransomware infection and exfiltration of “law-enforcement sensitive information”.… | Ransomware Data Breach | ★ | |
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2023-02-20 02:27:10 | GoDaddy joins the dots and realizes it\'s been under attack for three years (lien direct) | Also: Russia may legalize hacking; Oakland declares ransomware emergency; the CVEs you should know about this week In brief Web hosting and domain name concern GoDaddy has disclosed a fresh attack on its infrastructure, and concluded that it is one of a series of linked incidents dating back to 2020.… | Ransomware | ★★★★ | |
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2023-02-16 01:30:06 | ESXiArgs ransomware fights off Team America\'s data recovery script (lien direct) | Want a clue to what you're dealing with? Check the ransom note That didn't take long.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-13 12:38:07 | LockBit\'s Royal Mail ransom deadline flies by. No data released (lien direct) | Also: Russian wiper malware authors turn to data theft, plus this week's critical vulns in brief The notorious LockBit ransomware gang has taken credit for an attack on the Royal Mail – but a deadline it gave for payment has come and gone with nothing exposed to the web except the group's claims.… | Ransomware Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-11 02:16:08 | Ransomware crooks steal 3m+ patients\' medical records, personal info (lien direct) | All that data coming soon to a darkweb crime forum near you? Several California medical groups have sent security breach notification letters to more than three million patients alerting them that crooks may have stolen a ton of their sensitive health and personal information during a ransomware infection in December.… | Ransomware Medical | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-10 07:24:07 | US, UK slap sanctions on Russians linked to Conti, Ryuk, Trickbot malware (lien direct) | Any act that sends so much as a ruble to seven named netizens now forbidden The US and UK have sanctioned seven Russians for their alleged roles in disseminating Conti and Ryuk ransomware and the Trickbot banking trojan.… | Ransomware Malware | ★★ | |
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2023-02-08 21:30:12 | Among the thousands of ESXiArgs ransomware victim orgs? FBI and CISA to the rescue (lien direct) | The malware has hit more than 3,800 servers globally, according to the Feds The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a recovery script to help companies whose servers were scrambled in the recent ESXiArgs ransomware outbreak.… | Ransomware Malware | ★★★ | |
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2023-02-03 07:30:10 | LockBit claims responsibility for ION ransomware attack but US/UK hounds are sniffing (lien direct) | Crims put a February 4 deadline for software provider to pay up UK regulators are investigating a cyberattack against financial technology firm ION, while the LockBit ransomware gang has threatened to publish the stolen data on February 4 if the software provider doesn't pay up.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-27 23:59:06 | Uncle Sam slaps $10m bounty on Hive while Russia ban-hammers FBI, CIA (lien direct) | New meaning to sweetening the pot Uncle Sam has put up a $10 million reward for intel on Hive ransomware criminals' identities and whereabouts, while Russia has blocked the FBI and CIA websites, along with the Rewards for Justice site offering the bounty.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-19 11:01:15 | Ransomware attack severs 1,000 ships from their on-shore servers (lien direct) | Get your eyepatch out: Cyber attacks on the high seas are trending A Norwegian maritime risk management business is getting a lesson in that very area, after a ransomware attack forced its ShipManager software offline and left 1,000 ships without a connection to on-shore servers. … | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-05 23:40:42 | Rackspace blames ransomware woes on zero-day attack (lien direct) | Play gang blamed, ProxyNotShell cleared and hosted Exchange doomed Rackspace has confirmed the Play ransomware gang was behind last month's hacking and said it won't bring back its hosted Microsoft Exchange email service, as it continues working to recover customers' email data lost in the December 2 ransomware attack.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2023-01-04 20:00:11 | The Guardian ransomware attack hits week two as staff told to work from home (lien direct) | UK data watchdog would like a word over failure to systems Long-standing British broadsheet The Guardian has told staff to continue working from home and notified the UK's data privacy watchdog about the security breach following a suspected ransomware attack before Christmas.… | Ransomware | ★★★ | |
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2023-01-04 00:59:55 | LockBit: Sorry about the SickKids ransomware, not sorry about the rest (lien direct) | Blame it on the affiliate Notorious ransomware gang LockBit "formally apologized" for an extortion attack against Canada's largest children's hospital that the criminals blamed on a now-blocked affiliate group, and said it published a free decryptor for the victim to recover the files.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2022-12-21 15:40:06 | UK\'s Guardian newspaper breaks news of ransomware attack on itself (lien direct) | Reporters work from home as publication promises Thursday's print edition will hit newstands on time UK broadsheet media outlet The Guardian has become the victim of a ransomware attack which seems to have take out a large chunk of office-based systems.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2022-12-06 22:45:06 | Rackspace confirms ransomware attack behind days-long email outage (lien direct) | Hope the name Hackspace doesn't stick Updated Rackspace has admitted a ransomware infection was to blame for the days-long email outage that disrupted services for customers. … | Ransomware | ★★★ | |
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2022-11-29 08:30:15 | Sandworm gang launches Monster ransomware attacks on Ukraine (lien direct) | The RansomBoggs campaign is the Russia-linked group's latest assault on the smaller country The Russian criminal crew Sandworm is launching another attack against organizations in Ukraine, using a ransomware that analysts at Slovakian software company ESET are calling RansomBoggs.… | Ransomware | ★★ | |
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2022-11-14 01:15:18 | Australia to \'stand up and punch back\' against cyber crims (lien direct) | Creates 100-strong squad comprising cops and spooks with remit to disrupt ransomware ops Australia's government has declared the nation is planning to go on the offensive against international cyber crooks following recent high-profile attacks on local health insurer Medibank and telco Optus.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-10-31 17:30:09 | The White House\'s global ransomware summit couldn\'t come at a better time (lien direct) | As cyber threats ramp up, businesses and organizations will be hoping for more than platitudes The White House has begun its second annual International Counter Ransomware Summit in which Biden administration officials will convene with representatives of three dozen nations, the EU, and private business to discuss the growing threat posed by data-destroying cyber attacks.… | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2022-10-24 17:00:13 | CISA, FBI warn healthcare organizations of Daixin ransomware (lien direct) | Gang was behind the attack on OakBend Medical Center Federal agencies are warning of a threat group called Daixin Team that is using ransomware and data extortion tactics to target US healthcare organizations.… | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2022-10-21 10:28:06 | Good news, URSNIF no longer a banking trojan. Bad news, it\'s now a backdoor (lien direct) | And one designed to slip ransomware and data-stealing code onto infected machines URSNIF, the malware also known as Gozi that attempts to steal online banking credentials from victims' Windows PCs, is evolving to support extortionware.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-10-18 11:44:09 | (Déjà vu) Upstart Ransom Cartel linked to REvil veterans (lien direct) | Lesser of two REvils? There's a relationship, say infosec bods, but not enough to say one evolved into the other It has been almost a year since the ransomware gang Ransom Cartel was first detected and the crew over that time has racked up a steady drumbeat of victims in such countries as the United States and France and from a broad array of industry sectors.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-10-18 11:44:09 | Ransom Cartel linked to Colonial Pipeline attacker REvil, says infosec crew (lien direct) | The lesser of two REvils? There's a relationship there, but not enough to say one evolved into the other It has been almost a year since the emerging ransomware gang Ransom Cartel was first detected and the group over that time has racked up a steady drumbeat of victims in such countries as the United States and France and from a broad array of industry sectors.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-10-18 07:31:14 | Imagine surviving a wiper attack only for ransomware to scramble your restored files (lien direct) | Then again, imagine being invaded by Russia Organizations hit earlier by the HermeticWiper malware have reportedly been menaced by ransomware unleashed this month against transportation and logistics industries in Ukraine and Poland.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-10-14 08:32:11 | LockBit 3.0 malware forced NHS tech supplier to shut down hosted sites (lien direct) | Managed software provider Advanced admits some customer data 'exfiltrated' in August ransomware attack Advanced, a managed software provider to the UK National Health Service, has confirmed that customer data was indeed lifted as part of the attack by cyber baddies that has disrupted operations for months.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-10-09 08:12:08 | When are we gonna stop calling it ransomware? It\'s just data kidnapping now (lien direct) | It's not like the good old days with iffy cryptography and begging for keys Comment It's getting difficult these days to find a ransomware group that doesn't steal data and promise not to sell it if a ransom is paid off. What's more, these criminals are going down the extortion-only route, and not even bothering to scramble your files with encryption.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-10-03 10:00:10 | Between ransomware and month-long engagements, IR teams need a hug - and a nap (lien direct) | Here's what 1,100 incident responders say about their jobs, just in time for NSCAM Remember the good old days of cyber-incident response, when the job involved digital forensics and lots of stolen credit cards, as opposed to power-grid-breaking malware and multi-million-dollar ransom demands?… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-10-02 08:47:05 | BlackCat malware lashes out at US defense IT contractor (lien direct) | Also, Amazon's Ring footage TV shows draws criticism, US v Societ spying docs found, and more In Brief The BlackCat ransomware gang, also known as ALPHV, has allegedly broken into IT firm NJVC, a provider of services to civilian US government agencies and the Department of Defense.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-09-25 08:50:14 | Noberus ransomware gets info-stealing upgrades, targets Veeam backup software (lien direct) | 'One of the most dangerous and active malware developers operating at the moment' Crooks spreading the Noberus ransomware are adding weapons to their malware to steal data and credentials from compromised networks.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-09-21 09:26:11 | ChromeLoader, what took you so long? Malvertising irritant now slings ransomware (lien direct) | Doesn't make cents, makes bigger bucks instead ... probably ChromeLoader – the malware that exploded onto the scene this year by hijacking browsers to redirect users to pages of ads – is apparently evolving into a more significant threat by deploying malicious payloads that go beyond malvertising.… | Ransomware Malware Threat | ||
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2022-09-14 00:57:37 | Ransomware gang threatens 1m-plus medical record leak (lien direct) | Criminals continue to target some of the most vulnerable Two recent ransomware attacks against healthcare systems indicate cybercriminals continue to put medical clinics and hospitals firmly in their crosshairs.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-09-13 07:30:11 | Cisco: Yes, Yanluowang leaked our data. No, it\'s not serious (lien direct) | Everything's fine! The Yanluowang ransomware group behind the May attack on Cisco Systems has publicly leaked the stolen files on the dark web over the weekend, but the networking giant says there's nothing to worry about.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-09-06 17:45:09 | (Déjà vu) Ransomware gang hits second-largest US school district (lien direct) | FBI and CISA on-site to assist with incident response over Labor Day weekend Cybercriminals hit the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) over the holiday weekend with a ransomware attack that temporarily shut down email, computer systems, and applications.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-08-22 16:08:11 | LockBit gang hit by DDoS attack after threatening to leak Entrust ransomware data (lien direct) | Prolific group pummeled days after claiming to be file thief behind attack on cybersecurity vendor The LockBit ransomware group last week claimed responsibility for an attack on cybersecurity vendor in June. The high-profile gang is now apparently under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) because of it.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-08-18 06:28:12 | Ransomware attack on UK water company clouded by confusion (lien direct) | Clop gang thought it hit Thames Water – but real victim was elsewhere A water company in the drought-hit UK was recently compromised by a ransomware gang, though initially it was unclear exactly which water company was the victim.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-08-12 19:30:13 | US reveals \'Target\' pic of Conti man with $10m reward offer (lien direct) | Fashion Police chipping in on the bounty related to costliest strain of ransomware on record The US government is putting a face on a claimed member of the infamous Conti ransomware group as part of a $10 million reward for information about five of the gang's crew.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-08-12 13:06:23 | Emergency services call-handling provider: Ransomware forced it to pull servers offline (lien direct) | Advanced's infrastructure still down and out, recovery to take weeks or more Advanced, the MSP forced to shut down some of its servers last week after identifying an "issue" with its infrastructure hosting products, has confirmed a ransomware attack and says recovery will be in the order of weeks.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-08-11 23:03:21 | Higher risks and premiums are creating critical gap in cyber insurance (lien direct) | Most organizations don't have the financial resources necessary to address ransomware and other cyberattacks, BlackBerry says Black Hat Many organizations are increasingly unprepared to deal with the skyrocketing costs of a ransomware attacks, at a time when the number of incidents and the payments demanded by cybercriminals are rising rapidly.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-08-11 19:15:10 | Ex-CIA security boss predicts coming crackdown on spyware (lien direct) | Plus, spoiler alert: ransomware is gonna get a lot worse Black Hat It turns out that ex-CIA chief information security officers don't spill secrets at bars in Vegas. Or via Zoom, while pretending to be at a Black Hat cocktail party.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-08-11 05:59:10 | Cisco admits corporate network compromised by gang with links to Lapsus$ (lien direct) | Voice-phished their way in, but Switchzilla claims no damage done Cisco disclosed on Wednesday that its corporate network was accessed by cyber-criminals in May after an employee's personal Google account was compromised – an act a ransomware gang named "Yanluowang" has now claimed as its work.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-07-26 14:26:53 | Ransomware less popular this year, but malware up: SonicWall cyber threat report (lien direct) | Be ready for a rebound, and protect yourself with patching and segmentation SonicWall has published its latest threat report, showing a drop in ransomware but an increase in malware attacks in the first half of 2022.… | Ransomware Malware Threat Patching | ||
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2022-07-26 07:30:06 | LockBit ransomware gang claims it ransacked Italy\'s tax agency (lien direct) | Miscreants boast of 78GB haul, officials say everything's fine The LockBit ransomware crew is claiming to have stolen 78GB of data from Italy's tax agency and is threatening to leak it if a ransom isn't paid by July 31.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-07-16 14:34:10 | North Koreans spotted harassing SMBs with malware (lien direct) | Also: Lawyers told to dissuade clients from paying off ransomware crooks, and more In brief SMBs, beware: Microsoft said this week it has discovered a North Korean crew targeting small businesses with ransomware since September of last year.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-07-13 21:06:50 | 1.9m patient records exposed in healthcare debt collector ransomware attack (lien direct) | The P in PFC now stands for Pwned Professional Finance Company, a Colorado-based debt collector whose customers include hundreds of US hospitals, medical clinics, and dental groups, recently disclosed that more than 1.9 million people's private data – including names, addresses, social security numbers and health records – was exposed during a ransomware infection.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-07-06 22:51:04 | Here today, gone to Maui: That\'s your data captured by North Korean ransomware (lien direct) | CISA, FBI, US Treasury warn Kim Jong-un's latest malware has hit healthcare orgs For the past year, state-sponsored hackers operating on behalf of North Korea have been using ransomware called Maui to attack healthcare organizations, US cybersecurity authorities said on Wednesday.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-07-06 17:50:04 | Hive ransomware gang rapidly evolves with complex encryption, Rust code (lien direct) | RaaS malware devs have been busy bees The Hive group, which has become one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operators, has significantly changed its malware, including migrating the code to the Rust programming language and using a more complex encryption technique.… | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2022-07-05 07:46:32 | Dutch University retrieves Bitcoin ransomware payment and makes a profit (lien direct) | Promises funds will be used to support struggling students The Netherlands' Maastricht University has managed to recoup the Bitcoin ransom it paid to ransomware scum in 2019 – and has made a tidy profit on the deal.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-06-18 00:48:00 | DeadBolt ransomware takes another shot at QNAP storage (lien direct) | Keep boxes updated and protected to avoid a NAS-ty shock QNAP is warning users about another wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks against its network-attached storage (NAS) devices – and urged customers to update their devices' QTS or QuTS hero operating systems to the latest versions.… | Ransomware | ||
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2022-06-13 17:30:09 | HelloXD ransomware bulked up with better encryption, nastier payload (lien direct) | Russian-based group doubles the extortion by exfiltrating the corporate data before encrypting it. Windows and Linux systems are coming under attack by new variants of the HelloXD ransomware that includes stronger encryption, improved obfuscation and an additional payload that enables threat groups to modify compromised systems, exfiltrate files and execute commands.… | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2022-06-09 00:29:36 | Now Windows Follina zero-day exploited to infect PCs with Qbot (lien direct) | Data-stealing malware also paired with Black Basta ransomware gang Miscreants are reportedly exploiting the recently disclosed critical Windows Follina zero-day flaw to infect PCs with Qbot, thus aggressively expanding their reach.… | Ransomware Malware |
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