WTOW reports: South Knox School Corporation has restored all servers after being hit by a ransomware virus late Friday afternoon. According to SKSC Superintendent Tim Grove, approximately 50 out of over 400 computers were infected by the virus. Read more on WIBQ.
Category: Malware
French TV channel M6 and Pitney Bowes both report ransomware attacks
Catalin Cimpanu reports that M6, one of France’s biggest TV channels, was hit by ransomware: The M6 Group, France’s largest privately-owned multimedia group, was the victim of ransomware over the weekend, but none of the company’s TV and radio channels suffered any downtime. The incident took place on Saturday morning, according to a message the…
Monterey Health Center in Oregon, Central Valley Regional Center in California both announce patient data breaches
On August 12, 2019, Monterey Health Center in Oregon became aware that they had suffered a ransomware attack. According to a press release issued yesterday, they were able to restore patient data, and were able to rule out any data exfiltration, but were not able to rule out access to the patient data. The types…
LA: Magnolia Pediatrics notifying patients after attack on IT vendor resulted in ransomware infection
Ellyn Couvillion reports: A pediatrics practice in Prairieville is working with the FBI and has notified its patients’ families of a ransomware virus that in August attacked the computer network of the information technology company that provides IT services for the clinic. Read more on The Advocate.
Ransomware gang uses iTunes zero-day
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The operators of the BitPaymer ransomware have been spotted using a zero-day in iTunes for Windows as a mechanism to bypass antivirus detection on infected hosts. The attacks and the zero-day were found by cyber-security firm Morphisec on the network of an enterprise in the automotive industry that got hit by BitPaymer…
Hackers breach Volusion and start collecting card details from thousands of sites
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have breached the infrastructure of Volusion, a provider of cloud-hosted online stores, and are delivering malicious code that records and steals payment card details entered by users in online forms. More than 6,500 stores are impacted, but the number could be even higher. In a press release published last month, Volusion…