Some cybercrime reports out of Germany in the past 48 hours (translated): The city administration of Ebeleben was the victim of a massive hacker attack on Wednesday. All servers are out of order, it says from the town hall. For this reason, the city administration will remain closed until Tuesday, March 16, inclusive. Read more…
Category: Malware
Hackers attack City of Covington computer systems
It looks like the City of Covington, Louisiana was hit with a ransomware attack. Radio.com has the report. The city is using Facebook to post updates. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Ransomware now attacks Microsoft Exchange servers with ProxyLogon exploits
Lawrence Abrams reports: Threat actors are now installing a new ransomware called ‘DEARCRY’ after hacking into Microsoft Exchange servers using the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. Since Microsoft revealed earlier this month that threat actors were compromising Microsoft Exchange servers using new zero-day ProxyLogon vulnerabilities, a significant concern has been when threat actors would use it to…
Lot-et-Garonne firefighters victims of a cyber attack
LaDepeche.fr reports (translation): After the hospitals, the firefighters! Without faith or law, wherever they work, from France or abroad, the new IT thugs have no mercy by now attacking vital emergency and health services in our region. country. The Lot-et-Garonne firefighters have had a bitter experience since the start of the week. “We were victims of a” ransomware…
Another hospital hit by ransomware in France, Spain’s public employment service hit with Ryuk, and China’s Cosco Shipping allegedly hacked by LORDBR
Another French hospital, Centre Hospitalier Général d’Oloron, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. France Bleu reports (translation): The Oloron Sainte-Marie hospital (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was the victim of a cyberattack on Monday March 8 in the early afternoon. No application works and a message asking for a ransom of $ 50,000 to be transferred to a…
University of the Highlands and Islands working to recover from cyberattack
University of the Highlands and Islands in the U.K. suffered a cyberattack that resulted in classes being canceled today. They tweeted about it here, and posted a statement on their web site: The University of the Highlands and Islands partnership is experiencing an ongoing cyber incident which has caused disruption to our systems and networks…