SwissInfo.ch reports: Last Wednesday Comparis.ch, which has 80 million visits a year, was shut down by ransomware attackers demanding $400,000 (CHF370,000) in cryptocurrencies to put it back online. By Friday the website was operational again. A Comparis spokesman told SWI swissinfo.ch that no ransom had been paid. The company initially said it believed that no customer…
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D-Box Technologies hit by ransomware that affected most of its systems
D-BOX announces that the Corporation was subject to a ransomware cyberattack on its information technology systems. The malware used to perform the attack encrypted electronic data stored on the Corporation’s network so it cannot be read or used. The attack took place after the close of business on July 12, 2021 and was detected on…
Fr: Ransomware attack on spa is anything but relaxing
On July 9, the Royatonic spa in France suffered a ransomware attack. A notice on their web site informs people that as of July 12, the spa had to close because a cyberattack blocked access to their server and paralyzed all their activity. COMPUTER PROBLEM Royatonic regrets to close its doors on Monday July 12th….
Za: Bank account details stolen in major insurance hack in South Africa
Jan Vermeulen reports: An attack on debit order collection company Qsure has impacted several South African insurers who use its services, including Hollard and Guardrisk. Australian security researcher Troy Hunt recently posted a notice from Ooba to its clients saying that although they do not yet know if any Guardrisk and Ooba clients were affected,…
Microsoft discovers SolarWinds zero-day exploited in the wild
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US software company SolarWinds has released security updates on Saturday to patch a vulnerability in its Serv-U file transferring technology that is being actively exploited in the wild. The attacks and the vulnerability were discovered by Microsoft, SolarWinds said in a security advisory published over the weekend. Read more on The Record.
Spreadshop hacked. T-shirt lovers warned of “considerably vicious” data breach
Graham Cluley reports: Clients of Spreadshirt, Spreadshop, and TeamShirts have been warned of a data breach which has seen the details of customers, partners, and employees fall into the lap of cybercriminals. News of the breach first emerged on Thursday when customers were warned by email of a “security incident” involving an “unauthorised third party.” At the…