Catalin Cimpanu reports: A new ransomware gang launched into operation this week, claiming to combine the best features of the now-defunct Darkside and REvil ransomware groups, Recorded Future analysts have discovered. Named BlackMatter, the group is currently recruiting affiliates (collaborators) through ads posted on two cybercrime forums named Exploit and XSS. Read more on The Record.
Category: Malware
When Ransomware Group REvil Vanished, Its Victims Were Stranded
While Kaseya clients and their clients got some welcome help in the past few days when Kaseya announced that they had a universal decryptor go give clients — a decryptor that they claim they did not pay anyone in any way to obtain — there are are still other victims of REvil struggling. Kartikay Mehrotra…
Florida Heart Associates ransomware attack in May still impacting services and care
A May, 2021 ransomware incident impacting Florida Heart Associates was added to HHS’s breach tool this month. But what the tool doesn’t show was the significant impact to the practice’s functioning and patient care. A story on Fox4 in Florida reports that the owners refused to pay an unreported ransom demand and did get control…
Unhacked: 121 Tools Against Ransomware On A Single Website
Europol has issued a press release about No More Ransom web site and its value in helping victims. You can read the statistics on Europol’s site, but here’s an image from the release: Read the full press release here. A new No More Ransom website has been launched to mark the project’s fifth year. Modern and…
First came the ransomware attacks, now come the lawsuits
Gerrit De Vynck reports: … In a world where everything runs on computers, these attacks can cause havoc. Hospitals have had to postpone surgeries. In Southern Maryland, Leonardtown was hit by the sprawling Kaseya IT software hack and lost 17 of its 19 computers, forcing it to stop billing residents for electricity and blocking paychecks…
Cyberattack Shuts Down Services in Greece’s Second-Largest City
The National Herald reports: As hackers – many sponsored by Russia and China and authoritarian governments around the world – have stepped up cyber attacks on municipal services in a number of countries, Thessaloniki‘s agencies were shut down over an electronic intrusion. That happened July 23, with Deputy Mayor of Business Planning, e-Government and Migration…