Patrick Howell O’Neill reports: U.S. authorities issued a report Tuesday identifying a remote administration trojan (RAT) they say is used by the North Korea-based hackers to attack the aerospace, telecommunications and finance industries. The tool, called FALLCHILL, is used by a group that the Department of Homeland Security refers to as Hidden Cobra. That group is more popularly known as Lazarus…
Category: Malware
Kansas agency’s data restored after ransomware attack
Greg Mast reports: East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging was the victim of a computer breach earlier this fall. The breach at ECKAAA, 117 S. Main, Ottawa, occurred Sept. 5. Files containing names, address, telephone number, birthdate, social security number and/or Medicaid number were encrypted by ransomware, which means the agency could not “open…
UK: Alleged hacker ‘used army of 9,000 ‘zombie’ computers to attack websites such as Skype, Google and Pokemon’
Lara Keay reports: A man has been charged with using an army of 9,000 ‘zombie’ computers to attack websites such as Skype, Google and Pokemon. Alex Bessell, 21, is accused of using them to orchestrate Distributed Denial of Service (DdOS) attacks on several major online firms in a bid to crash their operations. The attacks…
BadRabbit ransomware attacks multiple media outlets
Steve Ragan reports: On Tuesday, Russian media outlet Interfax said in a statement their servers were offline due to a virus attack. The news agency shifted their reporting efforts to Facebook while they work to recover. A short time later, Russian security firm Group-IB posted a screenshot of the ransomware in action, calling it BadRabbit….
FirstHealth Computer Network Threatened by Malware Virus
Laura Douglass reports: A computer malware virus that has devastated a number of businesses across the globe has been disrupting operations the last several days at FirstHealth of the Carolinas and a number of doctors’ offices across the Sandhills. The malware virus was detected in the organization’s computer network midday Tuesday and the system has…
IFHS Investigates Cybersecurity Breach Of Clinic’s Computer System
Laura Kraegel reports: Unalaska’s clinic is investigating a security breach of its computer system. The ransomware attack happened in August, according to James Kaech, executive director of Iliuliuk Family and Health Services. He said the clinic’s access to its computer system was temporarily blocked, but it seems no information was stolen. Read more on KUCB.