Larry Monarrez reports: The Socorro Independent School District has been hit by a computer virus that a spokesman said Friday has prompted their Internet Technology Department to take down the district’s internal network as a precaution until the issue is resolved. No timeline was given as to when the network will be back up and…
Category: Malware
MA: Payroll system compromised in ransomware attack on Town of Ludlow
Nancy Asiamah reports: Documents relating to the payroll system of employees at Ludlow Town Hall were illegally accessed in a cyberattack attack on Wednesday, according to officials. In an email to 22News Thursday evening, Ludlow officials said the town was a victim of a ransomware attack that “impacted many of the town’s IT infrastructure systems, including its payroll system.” Read more on WWLP. Additional details about the impact of…
Cyber attack hobbles sales for DSW
Tristan Navera reports: A cyber attack on a vendor hobbled sales at the parent of DSW Shoe Warehouse in September, the company disclosed this week. Columbus-based Designer Brands Inc. (NYSE: DBI) reported in its earnings call this week that a vendor was hit with a ransomware attack and had to voluntarily shut down its systems….
Air France-KLM victim of cyber attack – media
ABM FN-Dow Jones reports (translated): Hackers have tried to break into Air France-KLM. The NOS reported this on Thursday based on insiders. […] The attack appears to be intended to gather intelligence for a possible follow-up attack, NOS says on the basis of a confidential document. Read more on Beursgorilla.nl. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Maine disability services provider notifies 3,000 patients after thwarting ransomware attack
Here’s another incident where patients are not being offered any mitigation services — in this case, presumably because the entity and its external IT vendor could not find any evidence that ransomware threat actors had ever accessed, copied, or exfiltrated any data. Employment Specialists of Maine is a service provider for adults with mental health…
Hacking Group Dropping Malware Via Facebook, Cloud Services
Akshaya Asokan reports: “Molerats,” an Arabic-speaking advanced persistent threat group that has been targeting victims mainly in the Middle East for several years, is now abusing Facebook accounts, as well as other cloud-based platforms, to deploy previously undocumented malware as part of an ongoing espionage campaign, according to security firm Cybereason. The hacking group, which is…