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Cybereason’s Newest Honeypot Shows How Multistage Ransomware Attacks Should Have Critical Infrastructure Providers on High Alert

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

Israel Barak reports on some research by Cybereason that is not really surprising in its results, but is still a bit scary.  The firm set up a honeypot to look like an electric company with operations in North America and Europe. Within days, attackers had found it and started attacking it.  From their overview: Cybereason…

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Lawsuit Filed Against Accounting Firm in Ransomware Attack That Impacted Patient Data

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

More coverage of a lawsuit against BST, a CPA firm that is a business associate of Community Care Physicians.  BST had been attacked by Maze ransomware, and when they did not pay the demanded ransom, the ransomware operators started dumping some of the data to increase pressure on them.  Now patients of Community Care Physicians…

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Italian company exposed as a front for malware operations

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: For the past four years, an Italian company has operated a seemingly legitimate website and business, offering to provide binary protection against reverse engineering for Windows applications, but has secretly advertised and provided its service to malware gangs. The company’s secret business came to light after security researchers from Check Point began…

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Lion: Ransomware attack causing significant problems

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

Chris Keall reports: Lion confirms a cyber-attack first reported by the Herald on Monday is a ransomware attack – where hackers seize control of data or systems then demand a ransom that often runs to millions. The brewing giant and bar owner has taken systems offline as a precaution – hitting both manufacturing and customer orders. Read…

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Double-crossing ransomware decryptor scrambles your files again!

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

Paul Ducklin reports: Here’s one for the books: ransomware that’s disguised as a free anti-ransomware decryption tool. The sample we looked at claims to be a decryptor for the DJVU ransomware, which gets its name from the .djvu extension it appends to files that it’s just scrambled. Read more on NakedSecurity.

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Columbia College Chicago should have shared data breach information sooner, experts say

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dissent

Kendall Polidori and Mari Devereaux report: Eight days after the school fell victim to an attack by NetWalker, a group of data hackers, Columbia officials sent a collegewide email stating the college is “working diligently around the clock with outside professionals and law enforcement to protect its student community and employees.” The email said individuals…

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