Kirsti Knolle reports: Austrian construction company Porr detected a cyber attack on its communication infrastructure on Thursday and its telephone lines and emails were disrupted, the company said. The disruption was caused by a virus, which has been identified, a company spokeswoman said. Read more on Reuters.
Category: Malware
NY: North Country newspaper group faces Ryuk attack, but is it second attack or just more of the first?
Alec Johnson reports: The cyber attack that began at the Watertown Daily Times on Saturday reared its head again Thursday, but staff rallied to work without hard-wired internet to get the papers out. The cyber attack crippled the data infrastructure of Johnson Newspaper Corp., which publishes newspapers in Ogdensburg, Massena, Carthage, Malone, Oswego, Hudson, Catskill…
Hackers steal card data from 201 online campus stores from Canada and the US
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A group of hackers has planted malicious JavaScript code that steals payment card details inside the e-commerce system used by colleges and universities in Canada and the US. The malicious code was found on 201 online stores that were catering to 176 colleges and universities in the US and 21 in Canada,…
“60 Minutes” reports on ransomware this Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT
This Sunday evening, May 5, CBS’s Scott Pelley will be reporting on ransomware in a segment on “60 Minutes.” The segment includes some discussion of the Hancock Regional Hospital incident where the hospital forthrightly disclosed that it paid ransom to protect their patients from a crippling ransomware attack. Read and watch the show’s preview of…
Magecart hackers force turnover, steal data from Atlanta Hawks’ online shop
Bradley Barth reports: Cybercriminals using Magecart card-skimming code attacked the online store of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, stealing customers names, addresses and payment card numbers. Read more on SC Magazine.
Ransomware disables Cleveland airport’s email systems, information screens
Bradley Barth reports: A ransomware attack reportedly has affected email, payroll and record-keeping systems at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport this week and also darkened the transportation facility’s information screens And according to a report from local news outlet WKYC, the attackers may have also accessed airport employee payroll records containing personal information. Read more on…