In Coveware’s Q3 2020 report, there’s a section on criminals not keeping their word about deleting data if you’ll just pay them their extortion demands (imagine criminals not keeping their word — oh, the shock): PAYING A RANSOM MAY NOT STOP RANSOMWARE GROUPS FROM LEAKING THE EXFILTRATED DATA Coveware feels that we have reached a…
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Did REvil just acquire source code for the KPot stealer?
Cyjax notes: The source code for the KPot stealer has been auctioned off, with a representative of the REvil ransomware group being the sole public bidder. KPot first appeared in the darknet in mid-2018 as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS). It’s functionality included: Collect passwords, cookies, browsing history and autofill forms from Chrome, Firefox and Edge Collect…
A massive hacking network that Microsoft and the US military tried to stop last month is already back — and it could be a bad sign for Election Day
Aaron Holmes reports: Last month, Microsoft announced it had won a major victory in the fight against cybercrime. The company said in mid-October that it had thwarted Trickbot — a stubborn malware network that’s been used to infect critical computer systems, often shutting them down for ransom. Experts were relieved by the announcement; Trickbot and other ransomware…
Cyberattack shuts down Saskatchewan Polytechnic
David Giles reports: Online and in-person classes have been cancelled at Saskatchewan Polytechnic following a cybersecurity attack. School officials said classes are cancelled until Nov. 5 while IT staff work with outside experts to restore systems, with the first priority restoring online learning. Read more on Global News. Sounds like a ransomware attack, but they haven’t actually said….
NetWalker hits CMC in Ravenna
Andrea Alberizia reports that CMC in Ravenna has been compromised by NetWalker ransomware. A team of 20 engineers from Itway has been working around the clock for four days to get the coop network fully restored. The company has no intention of paying the ransom demand. The amount of the demand was not reported, but…
“We take your privacy seriously,” Saturday edition
As part of my research collaboration with Protenus for their Breach Barometer reports, I spend time every week reaching out to entities to ask them for details about incidents if I cannot find any notice on their site or a state attorney general’s site. Most entities respond with the requested information or a copy of…