R7 reports: A hacker attack hit this Friday (27) the systems of TRF-1 (Regional Court of the First Region). The attackers say they have gained access to files in more than 40 court databases. The attack was celebrated on the networks by the attackers, who claimed to have captured the data and thus managed to show…
Category: Malware
Hackers are targeting MacOS users with this updated malware
Danny Palmer reports: A newly discovered form of malware is targeting Apple MacOS users in a campaign that researchers say is tied to a nation-state-backed hacking operation. The campaign has been detailed by cybersecurity analysts at Trend Micro who’ve linked it to OceanLotus – also known as APT32 – a hacking group that is thought to have links to the Vietnamese government. Read…
NL: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU) reports a data breach of legacy database
As seen on KNWU: November 27, 2020 We regret to report that a data hack has taken place in our old MijnKNWU environment. It is no longer in use for the public since the beginning of this year, but was still accessible for internal and historical use. The breach affected the personal information of our members or people…
Colorado mental health services provider reveals September attack impacted hundreds of thousands of clients and employees
It appears that AspenPointe, a Colorado provider of outpatient and inpatient crisis ,mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral services across the lifespan, is notifying employees and clients of a cyberattack that resulted in exfiltration of data. In a notice on their web site, which appears addressed more to employees than clients, they write: As you…
The Haute-Ariège Community of Communes hit by a cyberattack and a ransom demand
Nicolas Drusian reports (translation:) Friday, November 6, 2020, the systems of the Community of Communes Haute-Ariège (CCHA) were the subject of a general hack. The software and the data were encrypted, “making the whole system unusable for many weeks”, specifies the CCHA. The perpetrators of the cyberattack then demanded a ransom in order to decrypt this data. A threat to which…
Finistère Habitat paralyzed by a cyberattack
The following is a translation: The social landlord Finistère Habitat has been the target for more than ten days of a serious computer attack. The services of the departmental office have been hampered since November 13 by ransomware. A type of malware that encrypts data and demands a ransom to unlock it. For Finistère Habitat, it is the…