- Maryland officials confirm ransomware attack shut down Department of Health
January 12, 2022
Maryland officials confirmed on Wednesday that state’s Department of Health is dealing with a devastating ransomware attack, which has left hospitals struggling amid a surge of COVID-19 cases. In a statement released on Wednesday, Maryland Chief Information Security Officer Chip Stewart said the attack began on December 4 and crippled their systems. “We have paid no extortion ...
- DDoS Attack Trends for Q4 2021
January 11, 2022
The first half of 2021 witnessed massive ransomware and ransom DDoS attack campaigns that interrupted aspects of critical infrastructure around the world (including one of the largest petroleum pipeline system operators in the US) and a vulnerability in IT management software that targeted schools, public sector, travel organizations, and credit unions, to name a few. The ...
- California town announces data breach involving police department, loan provider
January 10, 2022
Grass Valley, California has announced an extensive data breach involving the Social Security numbers and more of all city employees and vendors — as well as anyone who had their information given to the local police department. The city said in a notice that Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and health insurance information was leaked ...
- FBI: Cyber criminals are mailing out USB drives that install ransomware
January 10, 2022
A cybercrime group has been mailing out USB thumb drives in the hope that recipients will plug them into their PCs and install ransomware on their networks, according to the FBI. The USB drives contain so-called ‘BadUSB’ attacks. They were sent in the mail through the United States Postal Service and United Parcel Service. One type ...
- Abcbot botnet is linked to Xanthe cryptojacking group
January 10, 2022
Researchers have forged a “clear” link between the Abcbot botnet and a well-established cryptojacking cybercriminal group. First discovered In July 2021 by Netlab 360, the Abcbot botnet began as a simple scanner that used basic credential stuffing attacks and known vulnerability exploits to compromise vulnerable Linux systems. However, the developers quickly updated their creation to include self-update ...
- Night Sky is the latest ransomware targeting corporate networks
January 6, 2022
It’s a new year, and with it comes a new ransomware to keep an eye on called ‘Night Sky’ that targets corporate networks and steals data in double-extortion attacks. According to MalwareHunterteam, who first spotted the new ransomware, the Night Sky operation started on December 27th and has since published the data of two victims. One of ...
- Hackers are sending malicious links through Google Doc comment emails
January 6, 2022
Research from cybersecurity company Avanan has shown that hackers are increasingly using Google Docs’ productivity features to slip malicious content past spam filters and security tools. Avanan’s Jeremy Fuchs said that in December, the company saw cyberattackers using the comment feature in Google Docs and Google Slides to leverage attacks against Outlook users. “In this attack, hackers ...
- 1.1M Compromised Accounts Found at 17 Major Companies
January 5, 2022
There have been more than 1.1 million online accounts compromised in a series of credential-stuffing attacks against 17 different companies, according to a New York State investigation. Credential-stuffing attacks, such as last year’s attack on Spotify, use automated scripts to try high volumes of usernames and password combinations against online accounts in an effort to take ...
- A New Web Skimmer Campaign Targets Real Estate Websites Through Attacking Cloud Video Distribution Supply Chain
January 3, 2022
Supply chain networks are frequent targets for cybercrime, as controlling a weak link in the supply chain can grant cybercriminals access to more victims – especially when the weak link is the source of the supply chain. Recently, we found a supply chain attack leveraging a cloud video platform to distribute skimmer (aka formjacking) campaigns. ...
- Data breach: Broward Health warns 1.3 million patients, staff of ‘medical identity theft’
January 3, 2022
This weekend, the Broward Health hospital system notified more than 1.3 million patients and staff members that their personal information was involved in a data breach that started on October 15. In a statement on Saturday, the Florida hospital system said that in addition to names, addresses and phone numbers, Social Security numbers, bank account information ...