Jimmy Lawton reports: Federal law enforcement agencies are investigating a cyber attack at Massena Central School that occurred June 22. Superintendent Pat Brady said the incident caused a disruption in the district’s network and impacted certain systems. “Importantly, to protect the integrity of the Massena Central School District system, access to the platform and surrounding…
Author: Dissent
Still think you can negotiate with REvil and get your files back? Read this first.
The government and professionals involved in ransomware incident response have often advised victims not to pay the ransom because even if you pay, you may not get your data back, and you may not get your data deleted by criminals who pinky swear that they will delete it. Then, too, they may pinky swear that…
CISA’s CSET Tool Sets Sights on Ransomware Threat
CISA has released a new module in its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET): the Ransomware Readiness Assessment (RRA). CSET is a desktop software tool that guides network defenders through a step-by-step process to evaluate their cybersecurity practices on their networks. CSET—applicable to both information technology (IT) and industrial control system (ICS) networks—enables users to perform…
IA: Peoples Community Health Clinic notifying patients after discovering compromise of employee email account
Peoples Community Health Clinic in Iowa has been notifying some patients as a result of an employee’s email account being compromised. As explained in their press release*, on March 22, 2021, PCHC became aware of suspicious activity related to an employee’s email account. An investigation revealed that between March 18, 2021 and March 22, 2021,…
Coordinated Action Cuts Off Access To VPN Service Used By Ransomware Groups
This week, law enforcement and judicial authorities in Europe, the US and Canada have seized the web domains and server infrastructure of DoubleVPN. This is a virtual private network (VPN) service which provided a safe haven for cybercriminals to attack their victims. This coordinated takedown, led by the Dutch National Police (Politie), under jurisdiction of the…
Facebook sues four Vietnamese nationals for hijacking accounts
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Social networking giant Facebook has filed two lawsuits today against two suspected criminal groups that abused its advertising platform for their own gains. The first lawsuit was filed against four Vietnamese nationals for hijacking user accounts and the second against a US company for running an e-commerce bait-and-switch scam. Read more on…