Entities affected by the Wolverine Solutions Group breach continue to be revealed. The ransomware incident at the business associate, was reported previously on this site as impacting more than 700 firms who are clients of Wolverine, and more than 1.2 million of those clients’ patients or clients. Today, the Detroit Free Press reports that Health Alliance…
Category: Malware
Million-plus Israeli websites target of ransomware hack
Jewish News Syndicate reports: A massive hacking attempt to infest more than a million Israeli websites with ransomware that would lock administrators out until they agreed to pay was thwarted over Shabbat, though many pages were defaced with “Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.” The hackers attacked the Hebrew website Nagich, which is dedicated to…
More than 5 months after ransomware incident, Wolverine Solutions Group still notifying more than 700 companies and 1.2 million patients
More than 5 months after a ransomware incident, Wolverine Solutions Group is still in the process of notifying more than 700 companies and 1.2 million patients. Should they even have to, or has the government imposed too burdensome a responsibility on entities that experience attacks to individually notify patients when there is no evidence of…
UK: Newsquest websites compromised by major security breach
UKNIP247 reports: Hundred of thousands of website users trying to access local news have been effected (sic) by a virus that has been injected into a Newsquest sever we can reveal. Web users trying to access any of the Newquest titles are having their phone or web site browser hijacked greeting them with a thank…
B0r0nt0K Ransomware Wants $75,000 Ransom, Infects Linux Servers
Lawrence Abrams reports: A new ransomware called B0r0nt0K is encrypting victim’s web sites and demanding a 20 bitcoin, or approximately $75,000, ransom. This ransomware is known to infect Linux servers, but may also be able to encrypt users running Windows. In a BleepingComputer forum post, a user stated that a client’s web site was encrypted with the new B0r0nt0K Ransomware….
Payroll Provider Gives Extortionists a Payday
Brian Krebs reports: Payroll software provider Apex Human Capital Management suffered a ransomware attack this week that severed payroll management services for hundreds of the company’s customers for nearly three days. Faced with the threat of an extended outage, Apex chose to pay the ransom demand and begin the process of restoring service to customers….