Horns&Hooves campaign delivers NetSupport RAT and BurnsRAT

Recent months have seen a surge in mailings with lookalike email attachments in the form of a ZIP archive containing JScript scripts. The script files – disguised as requests and bids from potential customers or partners – bear names such Read More …

Retail outages drag into second week after Blue Yonder ransomware attack

A ransomware attack on supply chain software giant Blue Yonder continues to cause disruption to the company’s customers, almost two weeks after the outage first began. In a brief update to its cybersecurity incident page on Sunday, Arizona-based Blue Yonder Read More …

RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC

Italian professional football club Bologna FC is allegedly a recent victim of the RansomHub cybercrime gang, according to the group’s dark web postings. The ransomware crims responsible for attacks on organizations including Planned Parenthood and Christie’s – the same crew thought Read More …

Some London commuters may never be refunded after TfL cyber attack

Sadiq Khan has admitted victims of a Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack may never get their money back. Tens of thousands of Londoners are feared to have been left out of pocket after hackers gained access to the travel authority’s Read More …

Pakistan: Severe Cyber Attack at Dewan Farooque Motors Corrupts Data and Crashes Servers

A  cyber-attack crippled Dewan Farooque Motors Limited (DFML), corrupting key corporate data and crashing servers. The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) received notice of the incident on Friday. DFML told stakeholders that restoring its information systems and financial data, including information Read More …

Ransomware attack on Blue Yonder disrupts Starbucks, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons

Starbucks has confirmed that a ransomware attack on software supplier Blue Yonder has disrupted its internal systems for managing employee schedules and tracking work hours. The incident has primarily affected Starbucks’ North American operations, including approximately 11,000 stores across the Read More …

Russia-linked hackers exploited Firefox and Windows bugs in ‘widespread’ hacking campaign

Security researchers have uncovered two previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by RomCom, a Russian-linked hacking group, to target Firefox browser users and Windows device owners across Europe and North America. Researchers with security firm ESET say Read More …

SteelFox Leverages Signed Windows Drivers to Attack Kernel

This week, the SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team investigated a sample of SteelFox malware. This is bundled with “software activators” for JetBrains and Foxit PDF readers. During installation, they run as a service and use vulnerable signed Windows drivers Read More …

Hackers who inflitrated South African financial system reveal data for a large number people

A hacking group that claims it fraudulently collected Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants and infiltrated South Africa’s financial system through credit bureaus has released data appearing to belong to Absa and Standard Bank customers. N4aughtySecGroup contacted the media earlier Read More …

9 months after the largest healthcare breach in history, UnitedHealth subsidiary back online

Change Healthcare—a subsidiary of the global health company UnitedHealth Group — has restored its medical billing services nine months after suffering an unprecedented ransomware attack that left providers with serious cashflow problems, threatened access to care, and leaked sensitive information Read More …