Earlier this week, Catalin Cimpanu reported Software AG, one of the largest software companies in the world, has suffered a ransomware attack over the last weekend, and the company has not yet fully recovered from the incident. A ransomware gang going by the name of “Clop” has breached the company’s internal network on Saturday, October…
This stealthy hacker-for-hire group is using phishing, malicious apps and zero-day attacks against its victims
Danny Palmer reports: An extensive cyber-espionage operation by a hacker-for-hire group that uses phishing, social engineering, malicious apps, custom malware and zero-day attacks has been secretly targeting governments, private industry and individuals for years in what’s described as a diverse, patient and elusive hacking enterprise. Dubbed Bahamut, the mercenary hacking group has been carrying out extensive operations against…
A prison video visitation service exposed private calls between inmates and their attorneys
Zack Whittaker reports: Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown. Visitors are unable to see their loved ones serving time, forcing friends and families to use prohibitively expensive video visitation services that often don’t work. But now the security and privacy of these systems are under scrutiny after one St Louis-based prison video visitation provider…
Cyberattack on Georgia agency exposed private information of parents, children
WSBTV reports: Hackers breached state email accounts in the Georgia Department of Human Services exposing personal information of adults and children who have cases with Child Protective Services and the Division of Family and Children Services. The breach happened in the first two weeks of May, but state officials say it was August before state…
Intentional or Accidental? Someone walked in cyberattack at Tyngsborough school
Wale Aliyu reported: Back in school remotely for many schools means back in the fight against hackers. Most of the time they’re remote, but the Tyngsborough school district says it had a hack from someone in person and possibly intentional. It’s not going to be easy for the school to track down the culprit because…
Hackers Share Fairfax County Schools Employees’ SSNs Online
Yesterday, Drew Wilder reported an update to the Fairfax County Public School ransomware incident previously noted on this site: Hackers are sharing more private information after hacking a Virginia public school system’s computer system. Several hundred Fairfax County Public Schools employees’ names and Social Security numbers are now floating around the dark web. That was…