Sergiu Gatlan reports: Emotet, one of the most dangerous email spam botnets in recent history, is being uninstalled today from all infected devices with the help of a malware module delivered in January by law enforcement. The botnet’s takedown is the result of an international law enforcement action that allowed investigators to take control of the…
Fr: Champagne group Laurent Perrier has been victim of cyber attack
Sudip Kar-Gupta reports that Laurent-Perrier revealed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack. The French champagne house is the main company of the Laurent-Perrier Group, whose other flagship brands include the houses of Salon, De Castellane and Delamotte. The firm disconnected its servers after discovering its information network was hacked. No details were…
Password manager Passwordstate hacked to deploy malware on customer systems
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A mysterious threat actor has compromised the update mechanism of enterprise password manager application Passwordstate and deployed malware on its users’ devices, most of which are enterprise customers. Click Studios, the Australian software firm behind Passwordstate, has notified its 29,000 customers earlier today via email. Read more on The Record.
School Nutrition Vendor Sued for Compromise of 867,209 K-12 Student Records
Linn Freedman of Robinson + Cole writes: PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. (PCS) was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit last week alleging that it discovered a data breach from a hacking attack in December 2019 but failed to notify the affected students until March of 2021. According to the lawsuit, student information was…
Malware attack on Radixx Res disrupts 20 airlines’ ticket reservation systems
Radixx, a subsidiary of Sabre Corporation, provides an air passenger ticket reservation system for low-cost airline carriers. On April 22, Radixx announced that Radixx Res™ had experienced a malware incident on April 20 that impacted its reservation system. The incident reportedly did not impact Sabre systems, and the customer database was not compromised. The incident…
CO: Peak Vista Community Health patient information on stolen computers
Caitlin Sullivan reports: On Thursday Peak Vista Community Health Centers announced that confidential information may have been stolen during a burglary. The burglary took place on March 7th at one of Peak Vista’s health facilities. Read more on KOAA.