Niki Hinman reports: Pupils at a Compton school have been without access to the internet for nearly a week – because of a possible cyber attack. Downs School wrote to parents explaining that IT systems had been compromised. […] He said the IT department has been working closely with the Department For Education, West Berkshire…
Category: Malware
#StopRansomware: BianLian Ransomware Group
Release Date: May 16, 2023 Alert Code: AA23-136A Summary Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors. These #StopRansomware advisories include recently and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs)…
Patients concerned after local allergy clinic closes its doors because of alleged data breach
KOCO reports: A local asthma and allergy clinic has closed its doors because of an alleged security data breach. Patients are now concerned that their medical records may have been compromised. Several patients have told KOCO that they are in need of asthma medication from the Oklahoma Institute of Allergy Asthma and Immunology but have…
Franklin County Public Schools hit by ransomware attack
Holly Kozelsky reports: Franklin County Public Schools were closed Monday following a ransomware attack that is still impacting the school division. According to a statement from Franklin County Public Schools Superintendent Bernice Cobbs, the decision was made to cancel classes Monday in the interest of on-campus security as the impact of the cyberattack was being…
Ransomware Charges Unsealed Against Russian National in District of Columbia
WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with participating in a global ransomware campaign which deployed ransomware variants against victims in the District of Columbia, the United States, and around the world. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, alleged to use the online monikers Wazawaka, m1x, Broriscelcin, and Uhodiransomwar,…
Russian National Charged with Ransomware Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
The Justice Department today unsealed two indictments charging a Russian national and resident with using three different ransomware variants to attack numerous victims throughout the United States, including law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey, as well as victims in healthcare and other sectors nationwide. According to the indictment obtained in the District…