Joanna Guzman reports: A hacker gains access to the city of Edcouch and threatens to erase all the city’s information if officials did not deposit $40,000 in Bitcoins; a form of electronic cash. Information from the water department and city finances were compromised in the attack. The city manager says this comes just after the…
Category: Malware
FL: ‘Triple Threat’ Ransomware Attack Cripples Email Systems and Services of Lake City
Cyware reports: The Lake City Police Department is investigating a ransomware attack on their city network systems that resulted in the shutdown of several emergency services. The ransomware used in the attack has been detected as ‘Triple Threat’. What happened? In a breach notification, the Lake City police have revealed that the attack occurred on…
FIN8 hackers return after two years with attacks against hospitality sector
Catalin Cimpanu reports that researchers claim to have spotted evidence of ongoing and increasing FIN8 activity: But in a report published today, cyber-security firm Morphisec said it detected and stopped new FIN8 attacks aimed at companies in the hospitality industry. These new attacks leveraged the same malware the group had used in the past but…
Eight years later, the case against the Mariposa malware gang moves forward in the US
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Eight years after US law enforcement opened a first case in the operations of the Mariposa (Butterfly Bot, BFBOT) malware gang, officials are now moving forward with new charges and arrest warrants against four suspects. The original case started way back in May 2011, when US officials first filed a complaint against…
GandCrab ransomware operation says it’s shutting down
Does Hallmark have a card suitable for this? Catalin Cimpanu reports: The creators of the GandCrab ransomware announced yesterday they were shutting down their Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation, ZDNet has learned. […] “We successfully cashed this money and legalized it in various spheres of white business both in real life and on the Internet,” the GandCrab…
Cyber attack could keep county servers down for days
Luzerne County’s administration has shut down some computer servers and work stations to address a cyber attack discovered last weekend, officials said. On Wednesday morning, county Administrative Services Division Head David Parsnik said the clean-up process may take several days to complete. By the afternoon, the administration sent workers an email indicating the servers may…