ES: Stormous claims attack on Zurcal The Zurcal group, which belongs to the energy saving and efficiency sector, has been named by Stormous Ransomware in its Telegram channel. The attack was posted on February 24 with images showing invoices and plans. Stormous gave the victim one week to respond. In a subsequent post, Stormous added…
Category: Malware
Oakland continues to work on recovery from ransomware attack; Play claims responsibility
As the City of Oakland continues to work to recover from a ransomware attack that began on February 8 and that resulted in the city declaring a state of emergency on February 14, the Play ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Play does not indicate how much data they acquired, but threaten to…
CISA Advisory: Royal Ransomware
Release Date: March 02, 2023 Alert Code: AA23-061A 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) to help organizations…
Minneapolis Public Schools systems restored, no ransom paid
Jeremiah Jacobsen has an update to the “encryption event” previously disclosed by Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). [Note: MPS’s phrase “encryption event” appeared to be a ridiculous — and dare we say, sleazy– attempt not to call it a “ransomware attack.” The district still has not described it as ransomware attack.] Minneapolis Public Schools released a…
Nearly 800 people affected by possible data breach during College of the Desert malware attack last summer
KESQ has an update on a malware attack on College of the Desert last year: College of the Desert has begun alerting the approximately 800 people who may be affected by a possible data breach during a malware attack last summer. The malware attack occurred in early July. The attack took down the school’s phone…
CrowdStrike: Threat actors shifting away from ransomware
Alexander Culafi reports: Threat actors are shifting away from traditional ransomware and toward malware-free cyber attacks, according to a new report from CrowdStrike. The cybersecurity vendor this week published its “2023 Global Threat Report,” which annually compiles CrowdStrike’s research related to cybercrime, or “eCrime,” from the previous year. Major topics covered in the 2023 report include malware-free…