Martin Bilbao reports: Sensitive information on over 16,000 workers may have been exposed in a ransomware attack on a Renton market research company’s data system. Pacific Market Research (PMR) “recently notified” the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries, one of its clients, about the May 22 attack, according to a Thursday L&I news release….
Category: Malware
Kaseya supply chain attack delivers mass ransomware event to US companies
Kevin Beaumont (@Gossithedog) writes: Kaseya VSA is a commonly used solution by MSPs — Managed Service Providers — in the United States and United Kingdom, which helps them manage their client systems. Kaseya’s website claims they have over 40,000 customers. Four hours ago, an apparent auto update in the product has delivered REvil ransomware. By…
Babuk Ransomware, if you Hit and Run do not leave a trace (updated)
Updated: On January 5, DataBreaches.net was hit with a DDoS attack, which was pretty rude considering I was still on my first cup of coffee. It turns out that someone identifying themself as @dyadka0220 was upset that this site had linked to DarkFeed’s post. Whether they are the same @dyadka0220 as seen elsewhere is unknown…
Malware Masquerades as Privacy Tool
Selena Larson and Bryan Campbell report: Proofpoint researchers found a new threat enticing users to download malware by masquerading as a “Privacy Tools” service offering a tool that “encrypts” user data using a zip-like utility. The fake website is professional-looking and contains detailed descriptions of the alleged service including step-by-step instructions on how to download…
Spanish telecom giant MasMovil hit by Revil ransomware gang
Waqas reports: Spain’s 4th largest telecom operator MasMovil Ibercom or MasMovil is the latest victim of the infamous Revil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) On its official blog accessible via Tor browser, as seen by Hackread.com, the ransomware operator claims to have “downloaded databases and other important data” belonging to the telecom giant. Read more on HackRead.
Nl: De Mandemakers group: ‘despite adequate security’ still a victim
Kitchen and furniture seller De Mandemakers Groep (DMG) has fallen victim to hackers. They managed to block a large part of the IT systems. DMG has reported the incident to the police and reported the incident to the Dutch Data Protection Authority. Cybersecurity company Fox-IT is helping the company with the settlement of the attack and strengthening the…