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Ransomware victims keep paying, and ransomware groups keep growing

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes: The City of Florence in northern Alabama has agreed to pay a ransom of US $300,000 worth of Bitcoin to hackers who compromised its computer systems and deployed ransomware. At an emergency meeting this week, the Florence City Council unanimously voted to give in to the extortionists’ demands and pay the cybercriminals…

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Electronic Waveform Lab reports ransomware incident

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Dissent

Seen on Stockhouse: HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., June 12,  /PRNewswire/ — Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. announced today it is notifying individuals of a ransomware incident that affected some of its servers that contained certain patient information. On April 11, 2020, Electronic Waveform Lab became aware of the ransomware incident affecting its computer servers. Upon learning of the incident,…

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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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