TechCrunch recently did its annual write-up of badly handled data security incidents. The following wasn’t in it but is one of the worst security and privacy failures that I’ve ever read, and that’s saying a lot. This case stems from a ransomware attack by Medusa Locker in October 2020 that is first being seriously addressed…
There are always a ton of articles at the end of every year recapping what went wrong. Over on TechCrunch, Zack Whittaker and Carly Page have their annual list of breaches handled poorly. This year’s list includes 23andMe, Change Healthcare, Synnovis, Snowflake, Columbus Ohio, Salt Typhoon, Moneygram, and HotTopic. DataBreaches generally agrees with their recap,…
Bill Toulas reports: The Clop ransomware gang started to extort victims of its Cleo data theft attacks and announced on its dark web portal that 66 companies have 48 hours to respond to the demands. The cybercriminals announced that they are contacting those companies directly to provide links to a secure chat channel for conducting ransom payment negotiations….
This is a multi-part interview with the individual known as “Nam3L3ss” who leaked more than 100 databases on a popular hacking forum and will soon be leaking many more. Read the Preface. In Part 1, he answered some questions about his background and what motivated him to do what does. In this part, we talk…
This is a multi-part interview with the individual known as “Nam3L3ss” who leaked more than 100 databases on a popular hacking forum and will soon be leaking many more. Read the Preface. In Part 1, we talked about his background and what motivated him to do what he does. In Part 2, we talked about…
Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice writes: This interview provides a detailed look at Dragon Ransomware, a group active in the cybercrime landscape that combines a defined organizational structure with advanced technological expertise. Their statements shed light on operational elements and motivations that help to better understand the internal dynamics of these illicit activities….