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….
Category: Malware
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….
Audacious Russian Hacker Who Stole From Victims Using NeverQuest Pleads Guilty
LawFuel reports: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STANISLAV VITALIYEVICH LISOV, a/k/a “Black,” a/k/a “Blackf” (“LISOV”), pled guilty today to conspiring to deploy and use a…
California CPA firm notifies clients after falling for a tech support scam
I’ve been told that at times, I can be tough on those who have had breaches. But I actually do feel sympathy for some victims. Read this notification from Martin Hutchison & Hohman, a firm of certified public accountants in Eureka, California. I found it actually painful to read. When conscientious people fall for scams,…
The Average Ransomware Payment Is Rising – Coveware researchers
Danny Bradbury reports: The average ransomware payment is growing as criminals become more sophisticated in their attacks, according to a report released by ransomware incident response company Coveware. According to Coveware’s Q4 2018 Global Ransomware Marketplace Report, the average ransom increased by 13% to $6733 in Q4 2018 compared to Q3’s $5973. It’s difficult to…
AU: Malware locks up 15,000 medical files at Cabrini Hospital, hackers demand ransom
Cameron Houston and Anthony Colangelo report: A cyber crime syndicate has hacked and scrambled the medical files of about 15,000 patients from a specialist cardiology unit at Cabrini Hospital and demanded a ransom. The attack is now the subject of a joint investigation by Commonwealth security agencies. Melbourne Heart Group, which is based at the…