Marco A. De Felice reports: The Avaddon ransomware group publishes screenshots of some data stolen during the cyber attack on the Unione di Comuni Colli del Monferrato, but by mistake it puts the wrong Unione (Unione dei Colli DiVini in the heart of Monferrato) under DDoS attack. Oops? But as Marco notes, that wasn’t the…
Category: Malware
Es: A synchronized cyber attack affects the INE and ministries such as Justice, Economy or Education
Maria Rivera reports that a number of Spanish agencies were hit in what appears to be a synchronized attack involving malware injections. The attacks do not seem to have caused major service interruptions or problems, however: A cyber attack has hit the websites of the National Statistics Institute (INE) and different ministries such as those…
A ransomware gang made $260,000 in 5 days using the 7zip utility
Lawrence Abrams reports: A ransomware gang has made $260,000 in just five days simply by remotely encrypting files on QNAP devices using the 7zip archive program. Starting on Monday, QNAP NAS users from all over the world suddenly found their files encrypted after a ransomware operation called Qlocker exploited vulnerabilities on their devices. While most ransomware groups…
Emotet malware forcibly removed today by German police update
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Emotet, one of the most dangerous email spam botnets in recent history, is being uninstalled today from all infected devices with the help of a malware module delivered in January by law enforcement. The botnet’s takedown is the result of an international law enforcement action that allowed investigators to take control of the…
Fr: Champagne group Laurent Perrier has been victim of cyber attack
Sudip Kar-Gupta reports that Laurent-Perrier revealed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack. The French champagne house is the main company of the Laurent-Perrier Group, whose other flagship brands include the houses of Salon, De Castellane and Delamotte. The firm disconnected its servers after discovering its information network was hacked. No details were…
Password manager Passwordstate hacked to deploy malware on customer systems
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A mysterious threat actor has compromised the update mechanism of enterprise password manager application Passwordstate and deployed malware on its users’ devices, most of which are enterprise customers. Click Studios, the Australian software firm behind Passwordstate, has notified its 29,000 customers earlier today via email. Read more on The Record.