ransomware

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Blackbaud, a South Carolina-based software company, has been ordered by the California Attorney General’s Office to pay $6.75 million to settle a ransomware attack that took place in May 2020. The attack occurred due to poor security practices, the AG’s office said. After Blackbaud revealed that the threat actors compromised unencrypted Social Security numbers, bank…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: DataBreach Today

The ransomware attack on a key U.K. National Health Service IT vendor has forced two London hospitals to reschedule around 1,500 medical appointments including critical cancer treatments and organ transplant surgeries. The June 3 attack is disrupting operations at NHS King’s College and Guy’s and St. Thomas’ in London. Attackers compromised servers of Synovia, the…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: DataBreach Today

A ransomware operation with a history of exploiting widespread internet vulnerabilities lost little time in making use of a critical-severity vulnerability in Window installations of web-scripting language PHP. Imperva Threat Research in a Monday report said TellYouThePass ransomware operators began exploiting the PHP bug, tracked as CVE-2024-4577, hours after researchers released a proof of concept…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Affairs

Auction house Christie’s disclosed a data breach after the ransomware group RansomHub threatened to leak stolen data. The security breach occurred earlier this month. The website of the auction house was unreachable after the attack. According to BBC, Christie had problems in selling art and other high-value items worth an estimated $840 million due to…

Network Security

Issued by: CSO Online

Ensuring the enterprise is protected from vulnerabilities is a required function of security teams. It’s also a best practice for cyber insurance vendors and meeting compliance requirements. A popular evaluation test, the tabletop exercise, permits security teams and corporate management to select a threat and then run through the process of containing and remediating the…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Global law-enforcement authorities including the FBI have disrupted the activities of the formidable LockBit ransomware gang, taking control of its platform and seizing data associated with its global ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. Information obtained by the operation — called Operation Cronos — includes source code, details of ransomware victims, stolen data, decryption keys, and the amount…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Affairs

Authorities in Romania confirmed that a ransomware attack that targeted the Hipocrate Information System (HIS) has disrupted operations for at least 100 hospitals. Hipocrate Information System (HIS) is a software suite designed to manage the medical and administrative activities of hospitals and other healthcare institutions. The attack took place on February 11 and encrypted data…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Researchers have discovered a new backdoor targeting macOS that appears to have ties to an infamous ransomware family that historically targets Windows systems. Researchers at Bitdefender say the so-called Trojan.MAC.RustDoor is likely linked to BlackCat/ALPHV. The newly discovered backdoor is written in Rust coding language and impersonates an update for Visual Studio code editor. Bitdefender…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

AnyDesk, which provides a remote desktop application providing access, file transfer, and VPN functionality for endpoints, has announced that its production systems have been compromised, and that it plans to revoke all its security-related certificates and reset all Web portal passwords as a precaution. The company assured its customers in a statement released late on…