Ian King and William Turton report: A cyber breach suffered by Nvidia Corp. in recent days appears to have been a ransomware attack that’s not connected to the crisis in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the incident. The hack looks to be relatively minor and not fueled by geopolitical tensions, said the person, who asked…
Category: Malware
LA: Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment patient files show up on ransomware site
It looks like we may need to add Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment to our list of medical entities hit by ransomware groups. Conti Team added the Louisiana provider to their leak site earlier today, dumping 3,351 files that they claim represent 30% of all the files they exfiltrated. Inspection of the files, which compromised…
Conti ransomware group threatens retaliatory attacks on critical infrastructure of countries that attack Russia
Eric Geller reports: A Russian ransomware gang on Friday threatened to hack the critical infrastructure of any nation or organization that retaliates against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a statement shared by cybersecurity researchers. Read more at Politico. Here is Conti’s “Warning,” as posted on their site (the following appears to be a revision…
KS: Hays schools hacked with ransomware
I seem to have missed this report that appeared on February 17. Preston Burrows reported on a Kansas school district incident: On Thursday, Hays USD 489 experienced a cyberattack on its systems with ransomware. This type of cyberattack locks users out of their systems and only returns access once the requested ransom is paid. Many…
Russian hackers infect network devices with new botnet malware
Dan Goodin reports: Hackers for one of Russia’s most elite and brazen spy agencies have infected home and small-office network devices around the world with a previously unseen malware that turns the devices into attack platforms that can steal confidential data and target other networks. Cyclops Blink, as the advanced malware has been dubbed, has…
Ransomware extortion doesn’t stop after paying the ransom
Who would have thought that criminals might lie? Where’s my shocked face? Bill Toulas reports on findings from a survey by Venafi. Here is some of what they found: 83% of all ransomware victims who paid the requested amount were extorted again, twice, or even three times. 18% of victims who paid the ransom still…