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2020-09-08 15:19:00 |
City of Hartford postpones first day of school after ransomware attack (lien direct) |
Ransomware attack impacted the IT system that the school district uses to manage school buses and transportation routes. |
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2020-09-07 16:31:00 |
Chilean bank shuts down all branches following ransomware attack (lien direct) |
All BancoEstado branches will remain closed on Monday, September 7, and possibly more days. |
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2020-08-25 17:17:00 |
(Déjà vu) Conti (Ryuk) joins the ranks of ransomware gangs operating data leak sites (lien direct) |
More and more ransomware gangs are now operating sites where they leak sensitive data from victims who refuse to pay the ransom demand. |
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2020-08-25 17:17:00 |
GOT: Conti (Ryuk) joins the ranks of ransomware gangs operating data leak sites (lien direct) |
More and more ransomware gangs are now operating sites where they leak sensitive data from victims who refuse to pay the ransom demand. |
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2020-08-24 12:10:40 |
Group of unskilled Iranian hackers behind recent attacks with Dharma ransomware (lien direct) |
Security firm Group-IB says the hackers have been targeting companies in Russia, Japan, China, and India. |
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2020-08-24 03:04:51 |
Top exploits used by ransomware gangs are VPN bugs, but RDP still reigns supreme (lien direct) |
While some ransomware groups have heavily targeted Citrix and Pulse Secure VPNs to breach corporate networks in H1 2020, most ransomware attacks take place because of compromised RDP endpoints. |
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2020-08-21 00:19:51 |
University of Utah pays $457,000 to ransomware gang (lien direct) |
University officials restored from backups, but they had to pay the ransomware gang to prevent them from leaking student data. |
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2020-08-19 13:13:25 |
WannaRen ransomware author contacts security firm to share decryption key (lien direct) |
A major ransomware outbreak hit China back in April. |
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2020-08-18 13:00:00 |
Ukraine arrests gang who ran 20 crypto-exchanges and laundered money for ransomware gangs (lien direct) |
Gang is believed to have laundered more than $42 million in criminal proceeds. |
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2020-08-17 22:42:00 |
World\'s largest cruise line operator discloses ransomware attack (lien direct) |
Carnival Corp says it suffered a ransomware attack on Saturday, August 15, and that hackers stole some of its data. |
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2020-08-07 11:02:30 |
Canon suffers ransomware attack, Maze claims responsibility (lien direct) |
Reports based on an internal memo suggest an external security firm has been hired to investigate. |
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2020-08-04 22:44:00 |
Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers (lien direct) |
EXCLUSIVE: The list has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum frequented by multiple ransomware gangs. |
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2020-08-04 02:46:53 |
Ransomware gang publishes tens of GBs of internal data from LG and Xerox (lien direct) |
Maze gang publishes internal data from LG and Xerox after failed extortion attempt. |
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2020-08-03 14:00:04 |
NetWalker ransomware gang has made $25 million since March 2020 (lien direct) |
The NetWalker gang has established itself as one of the most dangerous ransomware groups out there. |
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2020-08-03 04:40:05 |
GandCrab ransomware distributor arrested in Belarus (lien direct) |
Creator of the actual ransomware still at large. |
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2020-07-28 13:38:33 |
Kaspersky: North Korean hackers are behind the VHD ransomware (lien direct) |
North Korean hackers return to actively deploying ransomware after the huge WannaCry debacle. |
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2020-07-23 17:34:00 |
Garmin services and production go down after ransomware attack (lien direct) |
Smartwatch and wearable maker Garmin planning multi-day maintenance window to deal with ransomware incident. |
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2020-07-20 13:05:23 |
Ransomware gang demands $7.5 million from Argentinian ISP (lien direct) |
Telecom Argentina had roughly 18,000 computers infected during a ransomware attack over the weekend. |
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2020-07-17 11:55:52 |
Cloud provider stopped ransomware attack but had to pay ransom demand anyway (lien direct) |
BlackBaud said it had to pay a ransom demand to ensure hackers would delete data they stole from its network. |
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2020-07-09 02:42:00 |
Conti ransomware uses 32 simultaneous CPU threads for blazing-fast encryption (lien direct) |
The Conti ransomware also abuses the Windows Restart Manager component to unlock apps and free up their data (for encryption). |
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2020-07-07 19:39:00 |
Free decryptor available for ThiefQuest ransomware victims (lien direct) |
ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware victims can now recover their encrypted files for free, without needing to pay the ransom demand. |
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2020-07-07 11:39:43 |
Energy company EDP confirms cyberattack, Ragnar Locker ransomware blamed (lien direct) |
The energy firm denies the loss of customer data. Attackers claim to have stolen 10TB in business records. |
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2020-07-06 17:15:00 |
US Secret Service reports an increase in hacked managed service providers (MSPs) (lien direct) |
US Secret Service says hackers are breaching MSPs to orchestrate ransomware attacks, point-of-sale intrusions, and business email compromise (BEC) scams. |
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2020-07-02 12:02:24 |
This is how EKANS ransomware is targeting industrial control systems (lien direct) |
New samples of the ransomware reveal the techniques used to attack critical ICS systems. |
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2020-06-30 16:02:23 |
New EvilQuest ransomware discovered targeting macOS users (lien direct) |
EvilQuest ransomware encrypts macOS systems but also installs a keylogger and a reverse shell for full control over infected hosts. |
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2020-06-30 10:02:51 |
University of California SF pays ransomware hackers $1.14 million to salvage research (lien direct) |
The malware infected crucial research stored in the UCSF medical school's network. |
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2020-06-25 07:36:32 |
FBI warns K12 schools of ransomware attacks via RDP (lien direct) |
The FBI has issued a security alert warning K12 schools of the "ransomware threat" during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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2020-06-24 09:10:00 |
New ransomware masquerades as COVID-19 contact-tracing app on your Android device (lien direct) |
The malware surfaced just days after health officials in Canada announced the launch of a tracing app in the fight against COVID-19. |
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2020-06-23 12:00:00 |
New WastedLocker ransomware demands payments of millions of USD (lien direct) |
Evil Corp, one of the biggest malware operations on the planet, has returned to life after the December 2019 DOJ charges with a new ransomware strain. |
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2020-06-11 20:22:37 |
Knoxville shuts down IT network following ransomware attack (lien direct) |
Knoxville joins a list that also includes Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, and New Orleans. |
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2020-06-05 16:50:27 |
QNAP NAS devices targeted in another wave of ransomware attacks (lien direct) |
eCh0raix ransomware gang returns with a new wave of attacks against QNAP NAS devices. |
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2020-06-03 00:29:05 |
Ransomware gang says it breached one of NASA\'s IT contractors (lien direct) |
DopplePaymer ransomware gang claims to have breached DMI, a major US IT and cybersecurity provider, and one of NASA IT contractors. |
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2020-06-02 16:04:00 |
REvil ransomware gang launches auction site to sell stolen data (lien direct) |
Ransomware gang takes extortion to a whole new level. Threatens to auction Madonna's legal documents in a future auction. |
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2020-05-28 01:53:09 |
Michigan State University hit by ransomware gang (lien direct) |
The operators of the NetWalker ransomware gang have given MSU officials seven days to pay the ransom or they will leak stolen university files. |
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2020-05-27 16:58:00 |
Microsoft warns about attacks with the PonyFinal ransomware (lien direct) |
PonyFinal infections have been reported in India, Iran, and the US. |
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2020-05-22 00:49:27 |
Ransomware deploys virtual machines to hide itself from antivirus software (lien direct) |
The operators of the RagnarLocker ransomware are running Oracle VirtualBox to hide their presence on infected computers inside a Windows XP virtual machine. |
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2020-05-21 17:03:00 |
Hackers tried (and failed) to install ransomware using a zero-day in Sophos firewalls (lien direct) |
Sophos acted quickly to put out a patch that stopped the hackers' attempts to deploy ransomware on enterprise networks protected by Sophos firewall devices. |
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2020-05-18 10:08:28 |
FBI: ProLock ransomware gains access to victim networks via Qakbot infections (lien direct) |
The FBI also warns that the ProLock decryptor doesn't always work correctly, even after victims pay the ransom. |
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2020-05-15 19:13:25 |
Ransomware gang asks $42m from NY law firm, threatens to leak dirt on Trump (lien direct) |
The REvil ransomware gang published last night 2.4 GB of Lady Gaga's legal documents. |
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2020-05-15 13:22:00 |
Hackers preparing to launch ransomware attacks against hospitals arrested in Romania (lien direct) |
Hackers were planning to use COVID-19-themed emails to infect Romanian hospitals with ransomware and disrupt operations. |
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2020-05-12 10:41:09 |
Texas courts slammed by ransomware attack (lien direct) |
Officials say they will not bow to any blackmail or ransom demands. |
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2020-05-11 16:13:00 |
Package delivery giant Pitney Bowes confirms second ransomware attack in 7 months (lien direct) |
Pitney Bowes network infected with Maze ransomware, after the company got hit by the Ryuk gang in October last year. |
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2020-05-08 16:10:00 |
Cognizant expects to lose between $50m and $70m following ransomware attack (lien direct) |
Cognizant says April ransomware incident will negatively impact Q2 revenue. |
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2020-05-07 11:15:10 |
Major European private hospital operator struck by ransomware (lien direct) |
Fresenius says despite IT system disruption, patient care is carrying on as normal. |
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2020-05-06 10:20:34 |
Logistics giant Toll Group hit by ransomware for the second time in three months (lien direct) |
Toll says that it has no intention of bowing to blackmail. |
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2020-04-30 21:43:46 |
Ransomware mentioned in 1,000+ SEC filings over the past year (lien direct) |
A growing number of public companies have started listing ransomware as a forward-looking risk factor in their SEC documents. |
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2020-04-30 09:02:29 |
Investors sue LabCorp over security failures in light of data breach, ransomware attack (lien direct) |
The lawsuit claims that the company's security posture led to investor losses. |
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2020-04-27 16:34:00 |
Shade (Troldesh) ransomware shuts down and releases decryption keys (lien direct) |
The Shade ransomware gang have published more than 750,000 decryption keys on GitHub. Kaspersky is working on a decryption app. |
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2020-04-21 15:14:00 |
Here\'s a list of all the ransomware gangs who will steal and leak your data if you don\'t pay (lien direct) |
Ransomware gangs are getting more aggressive these days about pursuing payments and have begun stealing and threatening to leak sensitive documents if victims don't pay the requested ransom demand. |
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2020-04-16 11:56:00 |
SentinelOne researcher trolled in new MBRLocker ransomware campaign (lien direct) |
Malware was released using the researcher's name as author, alongside his contact details. |
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