extortion Archives - Cyber Security Minute

Notorious Finnish Hacker ‘Zeekill’ Busted by French Police

Issued by: DataBreach Today

French police arrested a notorious hacker who’s suspected of forming part of an extortion scheme that targeted a Finnish psychotherapy practice and its patients. Aleksanteri Tomminpoika Kivimäki, 25, is the focus of a European arrest warrant issued last October in Finland. He’s been charged with participating in the hack of Vastaamo Psychotherapy Center. The now-defunct…

Malware & Threats

Fake subscription invoices lead to corporate data theft and extortion

Issued by: Help Net Security

A threat actor dubbed Luna Moth has been leveraging social engineering and legitimate software to steal sensitive data and extort money from small and medium-size businesses. The group is eschewing the use of ransomware and instead relies on targeted employees calling a phone number manned by the attackers and convincing them to install a remote…

Malware & Threats

Maui and DTrack malware in the service of Andariel | Kaspersky official blog

Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

Our experts investigated the activity of Andariel, believed to be a subgroup of the Lazarus APT group. Cybercriminals use DTrack malware and Maui ransomware to attack businesses worldwide. As it’s typical for Lazarus, the group attacks for financial gain — this time through ransom demands. Targets of Andariel attacks Our experts concluded that, instead of…

Vulnerabilities

Study Reveals Traditional Data Security Tools Have a 60% Failure Rate Against Ransomware and Extortion

Issued by: Dark Reading

Titaniam, Inc., the industry’s most advanced data security platform, announced today the ‘State of Data Exfiltration & Extortion Report.’ The survey revealed that while over 70% of organizations have an existing set of prevention, detection, and backup solutions, nearly 40% of organizations have been hit with ransomware attacks in the last year, and more than…

Malware & Threats

Ransomware gang publishes stolen victim data on the public Internet

Issued by: Help Net Security

The Alphv (aka BlackCat) ransomware group is trying out a new tactic to push companies to pay for their post-breach silence: a clearnet (public Internet) website with sensitive data about the employees and customers stolen from a victim organization. Like some other ransomware gangs before them, they will also probably use the compromised information to…

Network Security

Is Your Organization Prepared When the Extortionists Come Calling?

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

In 2016, Trend Micro partnered with ISMG to conduct a survey of financial, healthcare, and government organizations to better understand the challenges they are facing with ransomware. Some of the results surprised us while others were somewhat expected based on what we’ve saw throughout 2016. We all know ransomware has been a major pain for…