Barlow Respiratory Hospital has locations in California, and given how COVID has so many respiratory complications, you would imagine that they have been incredibly busy this year. On August 27, they experienced a ransomware attack, an attack claimed by threat actors who call themselves Vice Society. The hospital responsibly posted a notice on their web…
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New .avos2 variant: AvosLocker affiliate extorts $ 85k from victim thanks to old vulnerability in FortiGate VPN
Marco A. De Felice reports: An affiliate of the AvosLocker ransomware group extorts $ 85,000 in bitcoin from a company thanks to a known vulnerability in FortiGate VPN ( CVE-2018-13379 ). A vulnerability that the American multinational had corrected THANKS TO AN UPDATE released IN NOVEMBER 2019 . Those who have not updated their systems are a small company that…
“REvil” reappears on forum — but not “Unknown?”
As previously noted by this site and others, REvil threat actors appear to have re-emerged after disappearing in July.. Their dedicated leak site and blog are at the same Tor address as previously, but is it “Unknown” who is back, or not? A new account calling itself “REvil” registered on a popular Russian-language forum this…
Groove VS Babuk; Groove Ransom Manifesto & RAMP Underground Platform Secret
I’m not sure if you need to be a threat analyst, a drama critic, or a bit of both these days. But Yelisey Boguslavskiy & Anastasia Sentsova of AdvIntel dive in to some of the recent goings on: On September 7, 2021, a representative of the newly-formed Groove ransomware syndicate decided to share their insights…
Ukrainian Cyber Criminal Extradited For Decrypting The Credentials Of Thousands Of Computers Across The World And Selling Them On A Dark Web Website
Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the extradition of Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev (28, Chernivtsi, Ukraine) in connection with charges of conspiracy, trafficking in unauthorized access devices, and trafficking in computer passwords. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 17 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies…
WV: Bridgeport city government hacked, residents put on notice
Mike Nolting reports: Residents of Bridgeport have been notified city government was hacked in late May of this year. A five-page letter to residents said city IT systems were encrypted by ransomware that lets hackers hold data until a ransom is paid. […] There is no proof hackers were able to access information, but information…