Yesterday, Gemini Advisory released a report on some of its research into what they are calling the “Keeper” Magecart Group. Their findings are simultaneously impressive and concerning. From their report, this summary of their key findings: Gemini discovered that the “Keeper” Magecart group, which consists of an interconnected network of 64 attacker domains and 73…
Category: Malware
How Cyberinsurance Is Responding to Ransomware: An Interview with Ken Suh, Mark Singer, and Marcello Antonucci
Daniel Solove writes: Ransomware has long been a scourge, and it has been growing into a pandemic with no signs of slowing down. I recently had the opportunity to discuss ransomware with several experts at Beazley. Based in Chicago, Ken Suh is the focus group leader for cyber & tech claims at Beazley. Mark Singer is a cyber & tech claims…
Possible Click2Gov Security Breach Under Investigation
Here we go again? See recent developments here and past coverage linked from here.
Credit unions can serve up negligence claim in Sonic data breach case – judge
Sara Merken reports: An Ohio federal judge ruled on Sonic Corp’s bid to dismiss claims brought by financial institutions over a 2017 data breach in which hackers accessed customers’ payment card data from 325 of its drive-in locations, allowing a negligence claim to proceed while nixing claims of negligence per se and for declaratory and…
Hakbit ransomware campaign targeting specific European countries
Derek Kortepeter reports: Proofpoint researchers have published findings on a campaign involving the Hakbit ransomware. As their blog post states, the ransomware is being spread via spear-phishing emails targeted at individuals in “mid-level positions across the pharmaceutical, legal, financial, business service, retail, and healthcare sector.” The attacks, described as low-volume, are specifically targeting employees of organizations located in…
BBC got to spectate ransomware negotiations with NetWalker
Oh, this is a bit different. Joe Tidy of BBC reports that BBC got an anonymous tipoff about NetWalker’s ransomware negotiations with the University of California San Francisco and was able to spectate the chat negotiations. BBC’s report includes snippets of the negotiations such as when the uni counter-offered $780,000 to the threat actors’ $3…