Elizabeth Montalbano reports: Attackers are impersonating the stock-trading broker using fake websites to steal credentials as well as sending emails with malicious tax files. Attackers have targeted customers of stock-trading broker Robinhood with a phishing campaign aimed to steal their credentials and spread malware using fake tax documents, the company has warned. Read more on…
Category: Business Sector
As ransomware stalks the manufacturing sector, victims are still keeping quiet
Sean Lyngaas reports: Halvor Molland was asleep on a brisk night in Oslo, Norway’s capital, two years ago when his phone rang around 3 a.m. The computer servers of Norsk Hydro, the global aluminum producer where Molland is senior vice president for communications, had seized up as a crippling ransomware infection spread through the company’s networks….
Phone numbers for 533 million Facebook users leaked on hacking forum
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A threat actor has published the phone numbers and account details for an estimated 533 million Facebook users —about a fifth of the entire social network’s user pool— on a publicly accessible cybercrime forum. According to samples reviewed by The Record today, the leaked data includes information that users posted on their profiles. Information…
SG: Vhive attackers escalate, take control of furniture retailer’s email server
On March 29, DataBreaches.net reported a confirmed hack of Singapore retail furniture chain Vhive. Previous coverage of the attack, as reported by ALTDOS threat actors and as reported by the firm on their site can be found here. At the time of that publication, ransom negotiations between the firm and the attackers appeared to have…
J&B Importers falls victim to a ransomware attack
Bicycle Retailer reports: JBI was the victim of a ransomware attack Thursday, shutting down the global wholesale distributor’s website. A representative at JBI told BRAIN none of its customers’ business information was affected because that information is stored off-site. Read more on Bicycle Retailer. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Canadian retailer Home Hardware hit by ransomware
Howard Solomon reports: One of the country’s biggest privately-held dealer-owned hardware retailers has acknowledged it was hit by ransomware, with the threat group promising to start releasing copied data today, April 2. Home Hardware Stores Ltd., with over 1,050 stores under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, and Home Furniture banners, acknowledged to ITWorldCanada.com an attack…