Last week, the municipality of Palermo, Italy issued a statement that it had shut down systems in response to a cyberattack and that all services had been impacted. The Vice Society ransomware group subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack by adding Palermo to their list of “partners” on their dark web leak site. As DataBreaches.net…
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Confluence servers hacked to deploy AvosLocker, Cerber2021 ransomware
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Ransomware gangs are now targeting a recently patched and actively exploited remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center instances for initial access to corporate networks. If successfully exploited, this OGNL injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-26134) enables unauthenticated attackers to take over unpatched servers remotely by creating new admin accounts…
Yuma Regional Medical Center notifying approximately 700,000 patients of ransomware attack
KYMA reports: Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) said it mailed letters to thousands of patients whose information may have been involved in a recent cybersecurity incident. On April 25, 2022, YRMC identified a ransomware incident affecting some internal systems. Upon detecting the incident, YRMC shared with News 11 it took immediate action, taking systems offline,…
Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine alerts patients to ransomware attack while continuing to provide care
Yesterday, Hive threat actors added Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine to their leak site, with a notice that they had encrypted the entity on May 20. They also provided some files as proof. But if Hive hoped this would pressure the multi-location medical entity, they seem to have misjudged their Indiana-based victim. On the homepage…
This is (One of Many Reasons) Why Districts Get Hit with Ransomware
Bill Fitzgerald writes: Even the smallest of school districts are complicated places. Communicating with stakeholders is hard to do well, and getting the details right is imperative. The details become even more important when school boards and superintendents try and communicate about school safety issues. When communication is done well, is not rushed, and goes…
Are victims of Netgain ransomware incident first being notified now?
Accounting firm Perkins & Co. in Portland Oregon has submitted a notification to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office about a breach that goes back to 2020 — the Netgain ransomware incident that impacted numerous clients and individuals. According to Perkins’ notification, Netgain first notified them of the breach in December 2020. So why did it…