Tag: ransomware

January 8, 2024

The British Library is denying reports suggesting the recovery costs for its 2023 ransomware attack may reach highs of nearly $9 million as work to restore services remains ongoing. The institution said in a statement today that the final costs […]

January 5, 2024

Ransomware continues to pose an alarming threat to critical infrastructure, with the healthcare sector being particularly vulnerable to its devastating effects. This malicious software has the power to disrupt medical facilities and compromise patient care, making it a pressing issue […]

January 3, 2024

One of America’s biggest private freight shippers, Estes Express Lines, has told more than 20,000 customers that criminals stole their personal information. “As you may be aware, on October 1, 2023, Estes discovered that an unauthorized threat actor had gained […]

January 2, 2024

The court system of Victoria, Australia, was subject to a suspected ransomware attack in which audiovisual recordings of court hearings may have been accessed. Louise Anderson, CEO at Court Services Victoria (CSV), confirmed this week that a “cybersecurity incident” was […]

December 29, 2023

Microsoft has disabled the ms-appinstaller protocol handler as default after it found new evidence of hackers using it to deploy malware. “The observed threat actor activity abuses the current implementation of the ms-appinstaller protocol handler as an access vector for […]

December 28, 2023

The same cybercrime crew broke into two high-profile Las Vegas casino networks over the summer, infected both with ransomware, and stole data belonging to tens of thousands of customers from the mega-resort chains. But despite the similar characters and plots, […]

December 27, 2023

Hackers are now using an old form of banking malware to launch damaging ransomware attacks, new research has claimed. In their latest Monthly Threat Pulse, cybersecurity experts from NCC Group broke down how a well-known banking malware called Carbanak returned […]

December 27, 2023

Cinema and media powerhouse National Amusements has confirmed suffering a breach in which hackers stole sensitive information from thousands of users, putting them at risk of identity theft. The conglomerate has filed a report with the Office of the Maine […]

December 26, 2023

The cybersecurity firm NCC Group reported that in November the banking malware Carbanak was observed in ransomware attacks. The Carbanak gang was first discovered by Kaspersky Lab in 2015, the group has stolen at least $300 million from 100 financial […]

December 26, 2023

Abdali Hospital is a multi-specialty hospital located in the modern development of Al-Abdali, Amman, Jordan. Abdali Hospital provides care to patients in numerous specialties. Apart from its general surgery section, it has specialists in orthopedics and rheumatology, gynecology, urology and […]

December 22, 2023

When AlphV/BlackCat’s website went dark this month, it was like Chrimbo came early for cybersecurity defenders, some of whom seemingly believed law enforcement had busted one of the most menacing cyber criminal crews. The excitement lasted just five days, though, […]

December 19, 2023

This morning, the Qualys Threat Research Unit released its 2023 Threat Landscape Year in Review report. In 2023, the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) witnessed a critical trend in exploiting high-risk vulnerabilities. Its analysis reveals a startling insight into how […]

December 15, 2023

The Kraft Heinz Company says its systems are all up and running as usual as it probes claims that some of its data was stolen by ransomware crooks. This is undoubtedly good news for baked bean and ketchup fans fearing […]

December 11, 2023

Norton Healthcare, which runs eight hospitals and more than 30 clinics in Kentucky and Indiana, has admitted crooks may have stolen 2.5 million people’s most sensitive data during a ransomware attack in May. During the intrusion, the criminals accessed names, […]

December 7, 2023

As the year comes to an end, it’s time to look into the crystal ball. Here is my list of the top four cyber security issues for 2024. Generative AI For cyber defenders, AI will increasingly be used to identify […]

December 5, 2023

Just three months after the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) put into place a final rule requiring federally chartered and federally insured credit unions to notify NCUA of a “reportable cyber incident,” about 60 credit unions in the United States […]

December 1, 2023

Another member of the Trickbot malware crew now faces a lengthy prison sentence amid US law enforcement’s ongoing search for its leading members. Russian national Vladimir Dunaev, 40, faces a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison for his involvement […]

November 30, 2023

The Black Basta ransomware group has reportedly generated upwards of $100 million in revenue since it started operations in April 2022. Joint research from Corvus Insurance and blockchain analysis company Elliptic estimates the crew has scooped up at least $107 […]

November 29, 2023

Okta has admitted that the number of customers affected by its October customer support system data breach is far greater than previously thought. Chief security officer David Bradbury originally said earlier this month that according to the company’s root cause […]

November 28, 2023

International law enforcement investigators have made a number of high-profile arrests after tracking a major cybercrime group for more than four years. A joint investigation team (JIT), spearheaded by French authorities, formed in 2019 to bring down a ransomware group […]