NECN reports: Computer experts at the University of Vermont Medical Center are working to restore systems disabled in a cyberattack that have hurt the hospital’s ability to provide some cancer treatments. Officials are working to expand the capacity to provide chemotherapy at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington to seven days per week and three…
Category: Malware
Val-de-Marne: Alfortville town hall paralyzed by a computer attack
archyde reports: The municipal computers were suddenly paralyzed Wednesday evening: “a general plantade”, in the words of the mayor PS of Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), Luc Carvounas. Its town hall was the target of a cyber attack by “ransomware”, that is to say that the hackers managed to enter the computer system and to exfiltrate, before encrypting…
Luxottica has a lot more explaining to do
Update: My source was correct. On November 12, HHS added Luxottica’s report to their public breach tool. Luxottica reported, as a business associate, that 829,454 patients were impacted by the August breach. In September, we learned that the eyewear giant Luxottica had suffered a massive ransomware attack that resulted in its suspending operations in both…
Hackers Asked Gaming Giant CAPCOM to Pay an $11 Million in Bitcoin Ransom
Ali Raza reports: Ransomware hackers reportedly breached the servers of gaming giant CAPCOM. The hackers have come out to request 11 million in Bitcoin from the Resident Evil creator or risk losing their data to the public. The ransomware attack affected access to certain systems such as file and email servers, as it encrypted 1TB…
Ransomware crims read our bank balance and demanded the lot, reveals Scotland’s Dundee and Angus College
Ransomware operators often do their research on their victim to know what assets to go after. Here’s an example where threat actors did their research, but were perhaps too greedy in their demands. Gareth Corfield reports: The criminals who took out Scotland’s Dundee and Angus College made a ransom demand that precisely added up to…
Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware gang pwns British housing biz via suspected phishing attack
Gareth Corfield reports: A social housing provider in Norwich, England, has said it was hit with the Sodinokibi ransomware following what it assumes was a successful phishing attack. Flagship Group revealed last night that its systems were compromised by a “cyberattack” on Sunday, 1 November. Read more on The Register. The attack is not (yet)…