The Jerusalem Post reports: The Iranian “AFTA” presidential strategic management center thwarted a widespread cyber attack on the country’s infrastructure in recent days, according to Iranian state TV IRIB. According to AFTA, the cyberattackers planned to exploit a security gap in one of the softwares most widely used by infrastructure organizations in Iran. The center…
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Ransomware attacks are hitting universities hard, and they are feeling the pressure
Danny Palmer reports: Schools and universities are facing an unprecedented level of ransomware attacks as incidents continue to severely impact the education sector. The warning comes from Jisc, a not-for-profit organisation that provides network and IT services to higher education and research institutions. Jisc’s ‘Cyber Impact 2022’ report suggests there’s an increased threat of ransomware attacks against education. Read…
FBI: BlackCat ransomware scratched 60-plus orgs
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: IN BRIEF The BlackCat ransomware gang, said to be the first-known ransomware group to successfully break into networks with Rust-written malware, has attacked at least 60 organizations globally as of March, according to the FBI. BlackCat, also known as ALPHV, is a relatively new group of cybercriminals that operates a Windows ransomware-as-a-service….
Kaiser Wins Trademark Injunction Against Patient Data Company
Isaiah Poritz reports: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. won a preliminary injunction in California federal court against medical records company SureFile Filing Systems for attempting to sell patient data using Kaiser’s trademarks. Kaiser is likely to succeed on the merits of its breach of contract and common law trademark counterclaims against SureFile, Judge Mark C. Scarsi…
Wawa wants a refund, says Mastercard owes $32 million for data breach penalties
Joseph N. DiStefano reports: Wawa, the Delaware County-based convenience store and gas station chain, paid $10.7 million last year linked to a 2019 breach of its customer payment security systems. But now it wants that money back — and more. On Monday in federal court in New York, Wawa sued Mastercard, the giant payment-card network,…
Russian state hackers hit Ukraine with new malware variants
Bill Toulas reports: Threat analysts report that the Russian state-sponsored threat group known as Gamaredon (a.k.a. Armageddon/Shuckworm) is launching attacks against targets in Ukraine using new variants of the custom Pteredo backdoor. Gamaredon has been launching cyber-espionage campaigns targeting the Ukrainian government and other critical entities since at least 2014. Read more at BleepingComputer.