Sam Stanton reports: Northern California’s Cache Creek Casino Resort, which has been shut down since Sept. 20 because of what it called a “systems infrastructure failure,” confirmed Wednesday that its computer systems were the target of an outside attack and that the incident is under investigation. “While our investigation is ongoing, we have confirmed the cause was an external…
Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued an advisory for companies that help negotiate ransomware payments. A footnote to the advisory notes that it is “explanatory only and does not have the force of law. It does not modify statutory authorities, Executive Orders, or regulations. It is not intended to be, nor should it…
How a Chinese malware gang defrauded Facebook users of $4 million
Catalin Cimpanu reports: At the Virus Bulletin 2020 security conference today, members of the Facebook security team have disclosed more details about one of the most sophisticated malware operations that has ever targeted Facebook users. Known internally at Facebook as SilentFade, this malware gang was active between late 2018 and February 2019, when Facebook’s security team detected their…
VOXX International notifies employees and dependents enrolled in their health plan of ransomware attack
The following press release was issued September 28 by VOXX. If you or a family member were employed by them years ago, they may not have your current address to notify you of this incident: Today, VOXX International Corporation (“VOXX”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive, consumer and biometrics technologies, announced that it has…
To hunt hackers, FBI works more closely with spy agencies
Christopher Bing reports: America’s top law enforcement agents and spies are teaming up under one roof as part of a new federal strategy to fight foreign hackers, senior FBI officials said in an interview. […] “We recognize that for too long some of our primary foreign adversaries have felt they can compromise U.S. networks, steal…
Recover Our Youth notifies clients and guardians of data security incident
Recover Our Youth has posted a notice of a data security incident that does not specifically say there was a ransom demand involving exfiltrated data, but it sounds like they may have paid some ransom to get copies of data destroyed. Recover Our Youth offers residential treatment programs and group homes for behaviorally and emotionally…