Daniel Kapellmann Zafra, Keith Lunden, Nathan Brubaker, and Jeremy Kennelly of FireEye write: Since at least 2017, there has been a significant increase in public disclosures of ransomware incidents impacting industrial production and critical infrastructure organizations. Well-known ransomware families like WannaCry, LockerGoga, MegaCortex, Ryuk, Maze, and now SNAKEHOSE (a.k.a. Snake / Ekans), have cost victims…
Category: Malware
Gadsden ISD has shut down its internet system due to ransomware
KTSM reports: Gadsden Independent School District (GISD) shut down its internet and communication systems, affecting all schools and support service locations, after identifying a virus that may have infected the system yesterday. According to a news release, the disruption has been connected to a virus or ransomware identified as RYUK. Read more on KTSM.
DoppelPaymer Ransomware Launches Site to Post Victim’s Data
First Maze Team did it. Now DoppelPaymer threat actors have followed suit. Lawrence Abrams reports: The operators of the DoppelPaymer Ransomware have launched a site that they will use to shame victims who do not pay a ransom and to publish any files that were stolen before computers were encrypted. Read more on BleepingComputer.
How the Grand Est region fights against the ransomware attack that paralyzed its computer network
Today I learned that Grand Est region is in northeastern France. From EngNews24h on February 21: On the evening of February 13, the 80 servers in the Grand Est region were corrupted by a cyber attack. The entire system data was encrypted, and a ransom demand was made. The region has not responded, and is…
Rabun County in Georgia thwarts apparent computer hacking attempt
Megan Broome reports: The county’s computer system was recently hit with what was thought to be ransomware, according to Darrin Giles, county administrator, in a phone interview Monday. Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. Giles said that…
Grayson County, Texas systems offline due to ransomware attack
Meredith McCown reports: The state is investigating after Grayson County government systems were hit with a ransomware attack early Monday morning. Information Technology Director Ken Miller says their records management system was down when employees got to work. Read more on KXII.