Shelby Rose reports on a ransomware incident in Arkansas: A Sherwood telemarketing agency has unexpectedly closed its doors, leaving over 300 employees without jobs a few days before Christmas. In a letter to employees, CEO of The Heritage Company, Sandra Franecke saying their servers were attacked by hackers, who demanded a ransom, which they paid…
Category: Malware
Israeli spyware allegedly used to target Pakistani officials’ phones
Stephanie Kirchgaessner reports: The mobile phones of at least two dozen Pakistani government officials were allegedly targeted earlier this year with technology owned by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, the Guardian has learned. Scores of Pakistani senior defence and intelligence officials were among those who could have been compromised, according to sources familiar with…
SG: Personal data of Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces were potentially affected by unrelated attacks on two vendors
Clara Chong reports that two unrelated incidents involving government vendors had put the data of Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces staff at risk. 2,400 Mindef and SAF leaked after ST Logistics phished: The data included the full names and NRIC numbers, and a combination of contact numbers, e-mail or residential addresses, Mindef said…
RavnAir flights in Alaska canceled after cyber attack
Anchorage Daily News reports: At least a dozen RavnAir flights in Alaska were canceled Saturday following what the company described as “a malicious cyber attack” on its computer network. The cancelations affected around 260 passengers, said company spokeswoman Debbie Reinwand. The regional carrier, which flies routes across much of Alaska, canceled all flights involving its…
GozNym Gang Members Behind $100 Million Damages Sentenced
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Three members of a cybercrime group that used the GozNym banking Trojan to steal millions from U.S. businesses were sentenced today in parallel and multi-national prosecutions in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia. The GozNym group members were charged for stealing “an estimated $100 million from more than 41 000 victims, primarily businesses and…
Canada’s broadcasting agency fines company behind the Orcus malware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Canada’s broadcasting agency has fined a company with 115,000 Canadian dollars (roughly 87,000 US dollars) for selling malware. The fine was imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on Orcus Technologies, a company that sold a remote access trojan (RAT) named Orcus. Read more on ZDNet.