On July 4, the Luigi Vanvitelli hospital in Italy posted a notice on its homepage that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack on July 1 and was investigating it. There has been no update since then. Italy24 reports, in part: Apparently, cybercriminals have stolen the e-mail passwords of university professors, doctors,…
Category: Malware
Onix Group Faces 3 Lawsuits in Addiction Center Breach
On May 27, DataBreaches reported on two breaches that had been disclosed on the Friday before a holiday weekend. One of the two was a breach reported by Onix Group in Pennsylvania. As DataBreaches reported at the time: Their notice was provided on their own behalf and on behalf of Addiction Recovery Systems, Cadia Healthcare,…
Gates Corporation (no, not THAT Gates) discloses a ransomware attack
Gates Corporation in Denver describes itself as a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. On July 7, its external counsel filed a notice of a breach with the Maine Attorney General’s Office. According to the notification, 11,090 people were affected by a ransomware attack that occurred on February 11. The firm’s…
Increased Truebot Activity Infects U.S. and Canada Based Networks
From CISA Release Date: July 06, 2023 Alert Code: AA23-187A SUMMARY The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to cyber threat actors leveraging newly…
“Almost everything you have posted in your news article about this incident is a total crap” — BlackCat to Bangladeshi news outlets
On June 23, using the greeting that Hive ransomware always used in emailing victims, AlphV wrote to the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB). Typos, grammar, and spelling as in the original: Hello,Ladies and Gentlemen! This is ALPHV Ransomware Team. We are here to inform you about data breach which took place at the “Bangladesh Krishi Bank”…
Police arrest suspect linked to notorius OPERA1ER cybercrime gang
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Law enforcement has detained a suspect believed to be a key member of the OPERA1ER cybercrime group, which has targeted mobile banking services and financial institutions in malware, phishing, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaigns. The gang, also known as NX$M$, DESKTOP Group, and Common Raven, is suspected of having stolen between…