Yasmin Rufo reports: The British Library has confirmed that a cyber attack in October has led to a leak of employee data. The attack, which took place on 31 October, has also resulted in the library’s website being down for almost a month. The Rhysida ransomware group claim to be behind the attack, and say…
Category: Malware
Long Beach Declares ‘Local Emergency’ After Cyber Incident
Industry Insider reports: At a special meeting Friday afternoon, members of the Long Beach City Council approved City Manager Tom Modica’s Proclamation of Local Emergency following a “potential cybersecurity incident” earlier in the week. The city said in a news release the move would help smooth and strengthen its response to the event, which happened Tuesday….
Rackspace racks up $12M bill in ransomware raid recovery
How much does incident response cost following a ransomware attack? Would you believe $12 million and counting? Rackspace’s costs from last year’s ransomware infection continue to mount: the cloud hosting biz told America’s financial watchdog, the SEC, its total expenses to date regarding that cyberattack have reached $12 million – so far. The extortionware raid…
CISA Advisory: Scattered Spider
TLP:CLEAR Product ID: AA23-320A November 16, 2023 SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to recent activity by Scattered Spider threat actors against the commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) obtained through…
Is a new ransomware group’s listing for Decatur Independent School District linked to an attack in September?
Decatur Independent School District in Texas was added to Inc Ransomware’s leak site on Wednesday. There is no summary or description of what the threat actors claim to have done or acquired. There is no countdown clock or timer, and there is no indication of how much money is being demanded. There is a proofpack….
NoEscape gang adds two more medical entities to their leak site
The NoEscape ransomware gang claims to have attacked two more medical entities. The first one is Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, P.A. in North Carolina. According to the threat actors, the network was locked on October 25, and 3 GB of files were exfiltrated. From the expanded listing (not shown here), it also appears that Southeastern…