Jake Spring reports: Brazilian medical lab company Fleury SA (FLRY3.SA) said in a securities filing that a cyberattack had resulted in a partial outage of its information technology systems on Tuesday. Read more on Reuters. Update of June 27: REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware operators have added Fleury to their leak site. The threat actors claim to have acquired…
Category: Malware
LV Ransomware Group Repurposed REvil Binary, Researchers Find
Dennis Fisher reports: Researchers have discovered that the LV ransomware that has been in use since late 2020 is actually a modified version of the REvil ransomware binary that is being distributed by a separate threat group. An analysis of the LV ransomware binary by Secureworks Counter Threat Unit researchers shows that LV is a version of…
Personal information may have been leaked to the dark web after cyberattack on Tulsa’s computer system, officials warn
Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette report: Officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are warning residents their personal information may have been leaked to the dark web following a ransomware attack on the city last month. The city announced Tuesday that hackers obtained more than 18,000 city files. The leaked files are mostly police citations and internal department files, officials…
Dk: Bauhaus remains open while recovering from cyber incident
The following is a machine translation of a statement on Bauhaus’s site. Bauhaus is a chain of home construction goods. Last updated June 22, at 11.27 BAUHAUS stays open despite serious hacker attacks BAUHAUS was subjected to a serious hacker attack over the weekend. This means that we work at high pressure to be able to service…
New Australian bill would force companies to disclose ransomware payments
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Australian lawmakers have filed on Monday a new bill that would mandate that local companies inform the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) of their intention to pay a ransomware gang. The Ransomware Payments Bill 2021 was put forward today by Tim Watts, Australia’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security, and comes after Australian companies…
OK: Lucky Star Casino Confirmed It Suffered Ransomware Attack
News9 reports: After its locations statewide were closed over the weekend, Lucky Star Casinos (sic) said Monday that it was the subject of a ransomware attack. The casino announced on its Facebook page Saturday that it closed its locations across the state. Read more on News9.