In August 2022, Montenegro announced that they had been the victim of a cyberattack by Russian hackers. Days later, the Cuba ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack that damaged much of the government’s digital infrastructure. A May 2023 news story on Montenegro’s struggle to recover noted that according to the Ministry of Public Administration,…
Category: Malware
UK: Ransomware hits Blackpool schools
Dev Kundaliya reports: A major cyberattack has disrupted operations at multiple schools across Lancashire. The ransomware attack, which occurred last week, targeted the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT), compromising its IT infrastructure and limiting access to school systems. All 10 institutions under the FCAT umbrella have been affected. They include four major academies in Blackpool – Armfield…
Youth hostels apparently victims of ransomware gang Hunters International
Dirk Knop reports: Around three weeks ago, the German Youth Hostel Association (DJH), which includes around 450 youth hostels, experienced computer problems, as reported by regional media. According to these reports, the hostels’ servers went down on August 30. Now the ransomware group Hunters has claimed on the darknet to have broken into the youth hostels and…
Nearly 1/3 of ransomware victims had at least one infostealer infection in preceding months — researchers
Some food for thought from a report by SpyCloud: MASSIVE SCALE OF IDENTITY EXPOSURES CREATES NEW RISKS The scale of identity exposure due to infostealers is massive: 61% of breaches last year were malware-related and responsible for 343.78 million stolen credentials. Our recaptured data also shows that as many as 1 in 5 people are…
Sea-Tac refuses to pay 100-bitcoin ransom after August cyberattack
Elise Takahama reports: The hackers behind last month’s cyberattack on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are demanding a 100-bitcoin ransom — about $6 million — for stolen data, though just how much information was accessed, and what kind, is still unclear. During a Wednesday morning hearing with the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the airport’s aviation managing director, Lance…
Vanir Ransomware Group onion site seized by German law enforcement
Threat actors called Vanir Ransomware Group posted a few listings in July. Tonight, however, their onion site has a seized message: ” THIS HIDDEN SITE HAS BEEN SEIZED by the State Bureau of Investigation Baden-Württemberg as a part of a law enforcement action taken against Vanir Ransomware Group “ From a press release about the…