Jack Sandlin reports: Computer hackers infected the Valley Springs School District‘s computer system with malicious software Thursday, locking access and demanding a ransom to restore its files and programs. The hackers demanded a payment of 7,000 British pounds — about $8,500 U.S. dollars — from the school district, Superintendent Judy Green said Friday. The hackers…
UK: Trojan malware blamed for cyberattack at Barts Health NHS hospitals
Danny Palmer reports that trojan malware has been blamed for the cyberattack against Barts Health NHS Trust, which had been noted previously on this site. The Trust had disclosed that they originally suspected ransomware had infected its system, but had ruled that out. The method of infection is either still not known or they’re not…
Netflix users targeted in phishing campaign that might be harder to detect
Ah for the good old days when phishers made such stupid spelling or grammatical errors that their lame attempts were easy to spot. Mohammed Mohsin Dalla writes: Through FireEye’s Email Threat Prevention (ETP) solution, FireEye Labs discovered a phishing campaign in the wild targeting the credit card data and other personal information of Netflix users primarily based…
Showpo accuses former employee of stealing customer data and giving it to new employer
Jessica Sier reports: Online fashion house Showpo is suing one of its former graphic designers and fledgling online retailer Black Swallow for reputational damage and loss of sales alleging the woman stole the entire customer database and passed it on to her new employer. In documents filed with the Federal Court, Showpo claims 24-year-old Melissa…
CryptoSearch Finds Files Encrypted by Ransomware, Moves Them to New Location
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Security researcher Michael Gillespie has developed a new Windows app to help victims of ransomware infections. Named CryptoSearch, this tool identifies files encrypted by several types of ransomware families and provides the user with the option to copy or move the files to a new location, in hopes that a decrypter that…
Hackers infiltrate Indian govt-owned bank systems to create fake trade docs
Sugata Ghosh & Sangita Mehta report: Indian banks are waking up to a new kind of cyber attack. Hackers recently infiltrated the systems of three government-owned banks -two head headquartered in Mumbai and one in Kolkata -to create fake trade documents that may have been used to raise finance abroad or facilitate dealings in banned items. The banks…