Connor Jones reports: QNAP customers have expressed anger towards the company after it forced a security update on large numbers of its users’ network-attached storage (NAS) drives. The NAS manufacturer announced on Wednesday that DeadBolt ransomware was “widely targeting” QNAP drives and locking out users until they paid a fee in Bitcoin. Numerous users began reporting…
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Hit by Conti ransomware in October, Medical Healthcare Solutions now notifying clients’ patients (Update 1)
On January 21, Medical Healthcare Solutions issued a statement on its website about a ransomware attack, although they do not state that it was a ransomware attack. Nor do they identify the incident as an attack by Conti, but it was. Medical Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (MHS), recently experienced a cyber-incident that impacted some protected health…
Conti ransomware hits Apple, Tesla supplier
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Conti ransomware gang has been linked to an attack on Delta Electronics, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company and a major supplier of power components to companies like Apple and Tesla. The attack took place last Friday, on January 21, according to a statement shared by the company with stock market authorities. Read more…
Nobel Foundation site hit by DDoS attack on award day
Bill Toulas reports: … As revealed, the institution’s site was hit by a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack which aims to overwhelm a website with high volumes of “garbage” traffic and a large number of bogus connection requests. This action depletes the available server resources and renders the website unable to serve real visitors,…
Midland University in Nebraska victim of ransomware attack last January
Add Midland University to any list of secondary educational institutions hit by ransomware. From their recent notification: On January 18, 2021, Midland discovered that its network had been impacted by a sophisticated malware attack that encrypted certain computer files. Midland immediately launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists, to determine the…
AL: NHS Management Discloses Incident from Last May
Sometimes, what looks like an update isn’t actually an update but an initial disclosure. On January 14, the following press release appeared about an Alabama entity. Neither the press release nor the notice on the entity’s website specifically identifies this as a ransomware incident. NHS Management, which manages 50 long-term care and rehabilitation facilities in…