Lawrence Abrams reports: A ransomware gang has made $260,000 in just five days simply by remotely encrypting files on QNAP devices using the 7zip archive program. Starting on Monday, QNAP NAS users from all over the world suddenly found their files encrypted after a ransomware operation called Qlocker exploited vulnerabilities on their devices. While most ransomware groups…
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De: Suspected ransomware: “Cyber attack” on the Madsack publishing group
The publishing company Madsack GmbH & Co. KG (and Madsack Media Group) is a German publishing and media group based in Hanover. The core business consists of 15 regional daily newspapers. Axel Kannenberg reports (translation): The Madsack publishing group has apparently been attacked by ransomware. According to a media report, an internal mail from the…
The Case For and Against Criminalizing Ransomware Payments
Stuart Reed, UK Director, Orange Cyberdefense, writes: … Let’s first look at the reasons why ransomware payments should be made illegal. First, the obvious. Ransomware payments essentially fund cybercrime, and this is why ransomware attacks are becoming more common. There is no doubt that paying out leads to more attacks. […] On the other hand,…
New Qlocker ransomware is hitting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices per day
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A new ransomware strain named Qlocker is on a rampage and infecting hundreds of QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices every day, taking over hard drives, moving users’ files inside password-protected 7zip archives, and asking for a $550 ransom payment. The first cases were reported on Tuesday, April 20, and the number of…
Illinois Attorney General’s Office hit by ransomware? State investigating.
Threat actors known as DoppelPaymer claim to have attacked the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. And on April 13, the AG’s office acknowledged that they were investigating a network compromise: April 13 — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced the Office of the Attorney General’s network has been compromised. Attorney General Raoul released the following statement:…
Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices
Lawrence Abrams reports: A massive ransomware campaign targeting QNAP devices worldwide is underway, and users are finding their files now stored in password-protected 7zip archives. The ransomware is called Qlocker and began targeting QNAP devices on April 19th, 2021. Since then, there has been an enormous amount of activity in our support forum, and ID-Ransomware…