Amitai Ben Shushan Ehrlick reports: SentinelLabs has been tracking the activity of Agrius, a suspected Iranian threat actor operating in the Middle East, throughout 2020 and 2021 following a set of destructive attacks starting December 2020. Since we last reported on this threat actor in May 2020, Agrius lowered its profile and was not observed conducting destructive…
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Here are four ransomware groups that businesses need to watch out for
AMEinfo points readers to a new report by Unit 42 that covers AvosLocker, Hive, HelloKitty, and LockBit2.0 ransomware groups. You can read their summary here and access the full report here.
Biden administration to convene 30 countries to crack down on ransomware threat
Sean Lyngaas reports: The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security, President Joe Biden said in a statement shared exclusively with CNN. “Cyber threats affect the lives and livelihoods of American families and businesses,” national security adviser…
Thousands Affected by Ransomware Attack on Hawaii Company
Peter Boylan reports: About 4,500 customers of a Honolulu payroll processing company were potentially affected by a ransomware attack that exposed Social Security numbers, dates of birth, the full names of clients and bank account information. In mid-February, Hawaii Payroll Services LLC discovered its servers and databases had been breached by an unauthorized user. Read…
Stonington Schools Were Victim of Ransomware Attack: School Officials
NBC reports: Stonington Public Schools was the victim of a ransomware attack, according to the school district. A message the superintendent sent to the school community said the investigation is ongoing and that student data on PowerSchool was not breached or affected. Read more on NBC. There doesn’t seem to be any notice on the…
A Hospital Hit by Hackers, a Baby in Distress: The Case of the First Alleged Ransomware Death
Even though it was subsequently disproved, a lot of people still claim that a patient death following a ransomware attack on a German hospital was the result of the attack. It wasn’t, but WSJ has a story about what might be the first death that can be attributed to a ransomware attack. Kevin Poulsen, Robert…