Paul Skeldon reports; The recent Taliban takeover of the government in Afghanistan has brought a lot of chaos upon the nation – and cybercriminals are seeing that such disorder in the country is another chance for them to benefit. According to the Atlas VPN team data analysis, Afghanistan became the primary target for ransomware attacks worldwide in…
Category: Malware
Howard University investigates alleged ransomware attack
Ida Domingo reports: Howard University announced Monday that they are investigating a ransomware attack. According to school officials, their information technology team detected unusual activity on the school’s network last Friday. Due to the unusual activity, the school’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) intentionally shut down the university’s network to investigate. Read more on 7News.
TrickBot gang member arrested after getting stuck in South Korea due to COVID-19 pandemic
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Russian man was arrested last week at the Seoul international airport on accusations of developing code for the TrickBot malware gang. The man, identified in local media reports only as Mr. A, was arrested trying to leave South Korea for his native home in Russia after he’d been stuck in the…
One year after the malware attack on Düsseldorf University Hospital: no trace of perpetrators
Heise Online reports (translated): Almost a year after the momentous hacker attack on the Düsseldorf University Hospital, the investigators have no hot lead to the perpetrators. The investigations continued, however, because, among other things, responses to requests for legal assistance to authorities in several countries were pending, said a spokesman for the responsible public prosecutor’s…
Before you leave for the holiday weekend, if you haven’t left already…
The government issued a warning this week reminding people that threat actors are likely to attack when entities are short-staffed due to weekends or holidays. Brett Callow posted an interesting graphic on Twitter that may help drive that point home: “What did you do last weekend, Mrs Ransomware Criminal?” “Oh, not much. I was busy…
US farm loses $9 million in the aftermath of a ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A US farm lost a whopping $9 million due to a temporary shutdown of its farming operations following a ransomware attack earlier this year; the FBI said this week. The incident, which took place in January 2021 after hackers gained access to the farm’s internal network through compromised admin credentials, is part…