Brian Amaral provides an update on what sounds like a ransomware attack: Care New England’s investigation into ongoing IT problems hasn’t turned up any evidence of unauthorized access to patient information, the nonprofit’s president and CEO said Wednesday. Dr. James Fanale said Care New England, which includes Kent Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital and Butler…
Category: Malware
Cognizant reports the April ransomware attack to California
Lawrence Abrams reports: On April 17th, Cognizant began emailing their clients to warn them that they were under attack by the Maze Ransomware so that they could disconnect themselves from Cognizant and protect themselves from possibly being affected. This email also contained indicators of compromise that included IP addresses utilized by Maze and file hashes for the kepstl32.dll,…
OR: Keizer city computers hacked and ransomed for $48,000
Eric A. Howald reports: The city of Keizer’s computer system was hacked on Wednesday, June 10, and officials were only able to regain access to the data by paying the perpetrators a $48,000 ransom. At this point, no sensitive data appears to have been accessed or misused. Read more on The Keizer Times.
Google Alerts catches fake data breach notes pushing malware
Ionut Ilascu reports: Fraudsters recently have started to push fake data breach notifications for big company names to distribute malware and scams. They’re mixing black SEO, Google Sites, and spam pages to direct users to dangerous locations. Google Alerts helps to spread these fake notifications as the service monitors search results for user-defined keywords. Scammers created…
RCMP warn of ransomware scam after business hacked
A news release from the Halifax District RCMP, seen on Halifax Today: RCMP is warning the public about a type of scam targeting businesses after a recent report received by Halifax District RCMP. Police received the report from a business that had their network hacked with ransomware. The hackers demanded $270,000 to reinstate their network….
Magecart attackers hit Claire’s, Intersport web shops
Zeljka Zorz reports: Magecart attackers have compromised web shops belonging to large retail chains Claire’s and Intersport and equipped them with payment card skimmers. The compromise of Claire’s online store and that of its sister brand Icing has been flagged by Sansec researchers. Read more on Help Net Security. Update of June 17: Intersport sent the following…