Paul Pedro reports a follow-up to the massive ransomware attack on Ontario hospitals via an attack on TransForm by the Daixin threat actors: The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has completed a review into a massive cyberattack on five regional hospitals in 2023 and found hospital officials acted “adequately.” But in its decision,…
Category: Malware
IMPACT: 170 patients harmed as a result of Qilin’s ransomware attack on NHS vendor Synnovis
PA News Agency reports that as a result of the attack, more than 10,000 appointments were cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected, and a significant number of GP practices in London were unable to order blood tests for their patients. Now the Health Service Journal (HSJ) [paywalled] has reported that…
Anubis: A Closer Look at an Emerging Ransomware with Built-in Wiper
Maristel Policarpio, Sarah Pearl Camiling, and Sophia Nilette Robles write: A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group has emerged and has been making a name for itself in 2025. Anubis is a recently identified group that sets itself apart by partnering encryption with more destructive capabilities—wiping directories which severely impact chances of file recovery. Given its brief history and…
US offering $10 million for info on Iranian hackers behind IOControl malware
Jonathan Greig reports: The U.S. State Department said they were seeking information on Iranian hackers who they accused of targeting critical infrastructure using a strain of malware deployed against industrial control systems. U.S. officials are offering up to $10 million for details on a hacker affiliated with the group called CyberAv3ngers that gained prominence in…
Hackers Break Into Car Sharing App, 8.4 Million Users Affected
Bogdan Popa reports: Indian company Zoomcar, best known for its car-sharing model that allows customers to rent vehicles from individuals, has recently acknowledged a data breach that exposed the data of 8.4 million users. The NASDAQ-listed firm revealed the hack attack in an SEC 8-K filing, confirming that a threat actor managed to access its systems and…
Cyberattack pushes German napkin company into insolvency
It is not often that a ransomware attack or cyberattack is wholly responsible for a business failing. With each such claim that is investigated, we sometimes find that an entity was already in financial distress and the attack may just have been one stress too many. Maike Krebber reports: A cyberattack has potentially serious consequences…