It seems we are finding out about new groups on a daily basis recently. Now Bill Toulas reports on another one: A new APT hacking group named ‘AtlasCross’ targets organizations with phishing lures impersonating the American Red Cross to deliver backdoor malware. Cybersecurity firm NSFocus identified two previously undocumented trojans, DangerAds and AtlasAgent, associated with…
Category: Malware
Swan Retail cyber attack woes continue
Sabina Weston reports: More than six weeks after hackers caused “significant disruption” to Swan Retail’s inventory management, order fulfilment and accounting systems, fashion retailers told Drapers the issues have still not been resolved. Sandersons Boutique owner and co-founder Mark Dransfield said the cyber attack on Swan Retail, which occurred on 13 August, “has hugely affected” the…
ShadowSyndicate linked to 7 ransomware attacks in the past year
Kumar Hemant reports: ShadowSyndicate group (formerly known as Infra Storm) has been suspected of deploying seven different ransomware families in a series of attacks that have spanned the past year. Security researchers from Group-IB, working in conjunction with Bridewell and independent researcher Michael Koczwara, exposed the clandestine operations of the threat actor. Their findings point…
Bermuda government hit by cyberattack, premier’s incident response criticized
On Friday, The Jamaica Gleaner reported that the government of Bermuda was hit by a cyberattack, suspected of originating in Russia. In early reports, the government said its telephone, Internet and e-mail systems were disrupted and that all departments were affected, which suggests this was a ransomware attack. The Bermuda Police Service said that its…
Hinds County approves spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for cyberattack recovery efforts
Anthony Warren reports from Mississippi: Hinds County approved more than than $600,000 in payments Friday to restore its computer system after cyberattacks took it down days ago. At an emergency board meeting on Friday afternoon, the board voted 3-0 to approve paying $335,100 for cyber recovery services to Netlink Voice LLC, and up to $265,000…
Bellone signs 13th emergency order related to year-old cyberattack by AlphV, delays county budget
Mark Harrington reports from Long Island: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone last week signed the 13th “local emergency order” tied to the September 2022 ransomware attack, delaying the county operating budget by a week while also declaring states of emergencies tied to the migrant crisis and Hurricane Lee. The latest cyberattack-related emergency declaration cites the “continuing…