Victoria Smith reports: The holiday season has not been easy for the Montreal carsharing service Communauto, which was the target of a cyber attack. Access to a number of servers has been locked, and data has been encrypted. Cyber hackers couldn’t get their hands on user passwords and credit card numbers, but managed to get names,…
Category: Malware
Leon Medical Centers issues statement about ransomware attack
Leon Medical Centers (LMC) in Florida has issued a press release about the ransomware attack it experienced, and that DataBreaches.net has reported previously. In our most recent report, we noted that Conti threat actors had dumped protected health information for numerous patients, while claiming that they still had more files from Leon that they would dump….
And yet more ransomware variants…
Pop quiz: Which one of these is not a new ransomware noted recently: Sharp Knot Chinese Take-Out Hidden Tear Babuk Niros Bonsoir Not sure? I can’t keep up with all the variants and new types. But thankfully, there’s BleepingComputer, where I can find a weekly rundown on developments. Read their rundown from this week and…
Delaware County officials paid $25,000 in ransom to hackers who infiltrated the county’s computer system
Vinny Vella reports: Hackers used a malware attack to infiltrate Delaware County’s servers in the fall, and then held employees’ personal data for ransom, ultimately costing the county $25,000 in ransom to restore access to the data, according to county officials. The attack was first reported Nov. 24, when county officials said the computer network…
FBI warns of Egregor ransomware extorting businesses worldwide
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a security alert warning private sector companies that the Egregor ransomware operation is actively targeting and extorting businesses worldwide. The FBI says in a TLP:WHITE Private Industry Notification (PIN) shared on Wednesday that Egregor claims to have already hit and compromised more than over 150 victims…
Ryuk gang estimated to have made more than $150 million from ransomware attacks
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The operators of the Ryuk ransomware are believed to have earned more than $150 million worth of Bitcoin from ransom payments following intrusions at companies all over the world. In a joint report published today, threat intel company Advanced Intelligence and cybersecurity firm HYAS said they tracked payments to 61 Bitcoin addresses previously attributed…