Dan Kobialka reports: Sophos researchers have discovered a Nefilim ransomware attack in which an unmonitored account belonging to a deceased employee was used to infiltrate more than 100 systems. During the cyberattack, a Nefilim threat actor exploited vulnerable Citrix software, Sophos indicated. The actor gained access to the Citrix admin account and stole the credentials for a domain…
Chainalysis in Action: U.S. Authorities Disrupt NetWalker Ransomware
There are a number of entities who can take a bow for their part in yesterday’s news about NetWalker. Read Chainanalysis’s post about their role: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a coordinated international law enforcement action to disrupt the NetWalker ransomware, including the seizure of nearly half a million dollars in cryptocurrency, the disablement…
BR: Municipality of Balneário Camboriú hit by ransomware
The following is a Google translation: The Municipality of Balneário Camboriú is on Wednesday (27) without online services due to a cyber attack by Ransomware, which is a type of harmful software that restricts access to the infected system with a kind of block and charges a ransom for that access can be restored. The…
Cypriot Hacker Pleads Guilty to Data Theft, Extortion
A Cypriot national who was extradited to the U.S. this past summer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and to obtaining information from a protected computer. Prajeet Nair reports: Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, 21, of Nicosia, Cyprus, pleaded guilty this week to computer fraud conspiracy and obtaining information from a protected computer. He faces…
Citrix Employees Secure $2.3 Million Settlement for Data Breach
Porter Wells reports: Citrix Systems Inc.‘s $2.275 million settlement offer to a class of current and former employees whose data was compromised by hackers over a five-month period earned a Florida federal judge’s initial approval. Judge Ron K. Altman preliminarily approved the class’s unopposed motion to approve the settlement terms Tuesday for the U.S. District Court for…
NetWalker ransomware leak site seized (UPDATE2)
At some point within the past 24 hours, the dedicated ransomware leak site operated by NetWalker ransomware threat actors was seized by law enforcement. The notice says that it was seized by the FBI in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of…