Zak Doffman reports: We have seen multiple stories about coronavirus-related information being used to disguise malware-laced messages and apps, which are now being distributed by threat actors around the world. Well, Chinese state-sponsored hackers are keen to get in on the act—at least according to the team at Check Point. In research published today, March 12, the firm exposes…
Category: Malware
Amid coronavirus scare, Netwalker ransomware targets public health agency in Illinois
Benjamin Freed reports: A public-health agency in central Illinois has had to retreat to social media to update residents about the ongoing spread of the new coronavirus after a ransomware attack disabled its main website and briefly cut off employees from medical files. Workers at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District discovered Tuesday that they were victims of…
OK: Jay schools working to recover from cyber attack
KSN reports: The Jay Public School District is working to recover after falling victim to a cyber attack. Since Monday, Jay Public Schools Superintendent Larry Shackelford and his district have been dealing with the aftermath of getting hacked. The district is the only one in Oklahoma to have dealt with a cyber attack this year….
Card data from breached Volusion platform shows up on dark web
Payment card data stolen from an e-commerce platform last year has already netted criminals $1.6 million in card data sales on the dark web. And according to a new report out today, that’s just from the initial card data offering. Stas Alforov and Christopher Thomas of Gemini Advisory report that a Magecart attack on Volusion…
Cyber hackers demand $30m from ‘major international company’ with office in Perth
Daniel Newell reports: A global company with an office in Perth has been attacked by hackers who are demanding a $30 million ransom to unlock its computer system in Australia. Consumer Protection WA has not named the “major international company” but said the cyber attack had forced it to stop trading. The company — which…
Hackers are targeting other hackers by infecting their tools with malware
Zack Whittaker reports: A newly discovered malware campaign suggests that hackers have themselves become the targets of other hackers, who are infecting and repackaging popular hacking tools with malware. Cybereason’s Amit Serper found that the attackers in this years-long campaign are taking existing hacking tools — some of which are designed to exfiltrate data from a database through…