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Category Archives: Ransomware

Financially Motivated Actors Are Expanding Access Into OT: Analysis of Kill Lists That Include OT Processes Used With Seven Malware Families

July 15 2020 By Syndicator in Daniel Kapellmann Zafra, Homepage Carousel, Industrial Control Systems, Keith Lunden, Latest Blog Posts, Nathan Brubaker, operational technology, Ransomware, Security, Threat Research

Mandiant Threat Intelligence has researched and written extensively on the increasing financially motivated threat activity directly impacting operational technology (OT) networks. Some of this research is...

ThiefQuest Ransomware for the Mac

July 6 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Apple, Malware, Ransomware, Security

There's a new ransomware for the Mac called ThiefQuest or EvilQuest. It's hard to get infected: For your Mac to become infected, you would need to torrent a compromised...

Ransomware Gangs Don’t Need PR Help

July 2 2020 By BrianKrebs in Ransomware, Security

We've seen an ugly trend recently of tech news stories and cybersecurity firms trumpeting claims of ransomware attacks on companies large and small, apparently based on little more than...

REvil gang threaten to auction celebrity data from Mariah Carey, Lebron James, MTV and more

June 26 2020 By Lisa Vaas in Privacy, Ransomware, Security, Security threats, Sodinokibi

The ransomware gang is threatening to auction celebrities' legal documents stolen from the law firm it paralyzed in May.

Avon cosmetics suffers “cyber incident” – but was it ransomware?

June 17 2020 By Paul Ducklin in Ransomware, Security

Ah for the bad old days when a ransomware attack was simply that: a ransomware attack, beginning, middle and end.

Florence, Ala. Hit By Ransomware 12 Days After Being Alerted by KrebsOnSecurity

June 9 2020 By BrianKrebs in alex holden, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Hold Security, Latest Warnings, Ransomware, Security

In late May, KrebsOnSecurity alerted numerous officials in Florence, Ala. that their information technology systems had been infiltrated by hackers who specialize in deploying ransomware. Nevertheless, on Friday, June...

Double-crossing ransomware decryptor scrambles your files again!

June 8 2020 By Paul Ducklin in Ransomware, Security

Just when you thought a bad thing could get no worse...

Nuclear missile contractor hacked in Maze ransomware attack

June 4 2020 By Lisa Vaas in Ransomware, Security, Security threats

Attackers hacked and encrypted the computers of a contractor whose clients include the US military, government agencies and major military contractors.

REvil Ransomware Gang Starts Auctioning Victim Data

June 2 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Lawrence Abrams, Ransomware, Security, Sodin, Sodinokibi

The criminal group behind the REvil ransomware enterprise has begun auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies hit by its malicious software. The move marks an escalation in tactics...