Marco De Felice reports: Morgan County in Missouri is one of the latest government institutions affected by the DoppelPaymer ransomware group. The ransomware group, during the attack on the County’s computer systems, exfiltrated sensitive documents and some of them were posted on the dark web. Read more on SuspectFile.
Category: Malware
Ransomware attacks fuelled increase in data theft in 2020, says IBM Security
GRC World Forum reports: Ransomware attacks increased 20% in 2020 compared to the previous year, with “double-extortion” tactics used in 59% of cases, according to a report by IBM Security The 2021 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index also showed how criminals pivoted their attacks to businesses and organisations on which global Covid-19 response efforts relied, including hospitals, medical…
Lazarus targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle
Vyacheslav Kopeytsev and Seongsu Park write: We named Lazarus the most active group of 2020. We’ve observed numerous activities by this notorious APT group targeting various industries. The group has changed target depending on the primary objective. Google TAG has recently published a post about a campaign by Lazarus targeting security researchers. After taking a closer look,…
PA: Personal info might have been hacked after January Clearfield County cyber attack
WCED News reports: People associated with Clearfield County and the Clearfield County Courthouse could have been affected by a cyber attack on the county’s computer network in January. The county has sent out written notification letters to anyone who might have been affected by the data breach. That letter also includes steps that you might…
Fears grow data hacked from Reserve Bank may be leaked by CLOP ransomware group
Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: A ransomware gang appears to be releasing confidential data obtained from the hack of customers of US software company Accellion, raising fears that New Zealand banks may be next to have data exposed. The Reserve Bank admitted it had been subject to a serious data breach in January, which occurred when a…
Cleveland – Ohio, CMHA: Doppel Paymer ransomware publishes first stolen data
Marco De Felice (@amvinfe) reports: On February 10, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority was one of the latest victims of a cyber attack by Doppel Paymer. The group of cybercriminals wasted no time and yesterday uploaded the first exfiltrated documents to their site in the Tor network. According to a statement made by a spokesperson for CMHA, the…