Ransomware attack turns 2022 into 1977 for Somerset County

1977 was quite the year. Led Zeppelin! Jimmy Carter! Saturday Night Fever! We can now add "a ransomware attack" to this once static list. Somerset County, New Jersey, has been hit so hard by a network assault that theyve ended up in the direst straits imaginable, with county databases unavailable...

A week in security (May 9 – 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam Virtual credit cards coming to Chrome: What you need to know Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US Cyberattacks on SATCOM networks attributed to Russian threat actors F5 BIG-IP vulnerabilit...

College closes down after ransomware attack

Lincoln College, one of the few rural schools in Illinois, said that it will permanently close on Friday, May 13, after 157 years, partly due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and partly due to a long recovery after a ransomware attack in December 2021. The institution notified the Illinois...

Ransomware Deals Deathblow to 157-year-old College

Illinois-based Lincoln College was established during the U.S. Civil War. Since then it has weathered two world wars, the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, the Great Recession and a devastating fire. But two things it couldn’t survive? A ransomware attack and financial pressures tied to the impa...

U.S. Proposes $1 Million Fine on Colonial Pipeline for Safety Violations After Cyberattack

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PHMSA has proposed a penalty of nearly $1 million to Colonial Pipeline for violating federal safety regulations, worsening the impact of the ransomware attack last year. The $986,400 penalty is the resu...

Menswear Brand Zegna Reveals Ransomware Attack

High-end Italian fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna revealed on Monday that it was the target of a ransomware attack last August — and that it managed to recover its systems from back-up without paying a ransom. The Milan-based firm already had revealed on Aug. 6, 2021, that it became aware of...

Denso ransomware attack – Pandora gang claims to steal 1.4 TB of data

By Deeba Ahmed The worlds second-largest automotive components supplier Denso Corporation has confirmed a ransomware attack affecting its operations in Germany.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Denso ransomware attack - Pandora gang claims to steal 1.4 TB of data...

Dridex Malware Deploying Entropy Ransomware on Hacked Computers

Similarities have been unearthed between the Dridex general-purpose malware and a little-known ransomware strain called Entropy, suggesting that the operators are continuing to rebrand their extortion operations under a different name. "The similarities are in the software packer used to conceal...

On the Irish Health Services Executive Hack

A detailed report of the 2021 ransomware attack against Ireland’s Health Services Executive lists some really bad security practices: The report notes that: The HSE did not have a Chief Information Security Officer CISO or a “single responsible owner for cybersecurity at either senior executive o...

Conti gang hits KP Snacks with a crippling ransomware attack

By Waqas The ransomware attack affected the supply chain and disrupted deliveries to leading supermarkets in the United Kingdom. A… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Conti gang hits KP Snacks with a crippling ransomware attack...

KP Snacks Left with Crumbs After Ransomware Attack

KP Snacks, maker of the high-end Tyrrell’s and Popchips potato-chip brands, has suffered a ransomware attack that it said could affect deliveries to supermarkets through the end of March – at the earliest. The British company also the purveyor of deeply English treats such as Skips prawn cocktail...

SEC Filing Reveals Fortune 500 Firm Targeted in Ransomware Attack

Fortune 500 integrated services firm R.R.Donnelley & Sons RRD is the latest victim of the hacking collective known as the Conti Group. According to regulatory disclosures RRD was the victim of a network breach that resulted in stolen data in December. RRD, a global firm with 33,000 employees,...

Attackers are mailing USB sticks to drop ransomware on victims’ computers

Physical objects as security threats are in the news at the moment. The oft-touched upon tale of rogue USB sticks is a common one. Being wary of random devices found on the floor, or handed out at events is a smart move. You simply don’t know what’s lurking, and it’s hard to find out safely witho...

The 2021 Naughty and Nice Lists: Cybersecurity Edition

Editor’s note: We had planned to publish our Hacky Holidays blog series throughout December 2021 – but then Log4Shell happened, and we dropped everything to focus on this major vulnerability that impacted the entire cybersecurity community worldwide. Now that it’s 2022, we’re feeling in need of...

Ransomware attacks Finalsite, renders 8,000 school sites unreachable for days

Finalsite, a popular platform for creating school websites, appears to have recovered significant functionality after being attacked by a still-unknown ransomware on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. At least 8,000 schools are said to have been affected by the resulting outage. An important message from...

McMenamins Data Breach Affects 12 Years of Employee Info

A ransomware attack on the McMenamins dining and hospitality empire in the Pacific Northwest came along with a data breach covering 12 years of employee data, the organization has confirmed. The Dec. 12 incident – which some have attributed to the Conti gang – forced McMenamins to shut down vario...

Portugal Media Giant Impresa Crippled by Ransomware AttackMedia Giant Impresa Crippled by Ransomware Attack

Media giant Impresa, which owns the largest television station and newspaper in Portugal, was crippled by a ransomware attack just hours into 2022. The suspected ransomware gang behind the attack goes by the name Lapsus$. The attack included Impresa-owned website Expresso newspaper and television...

Logistics giant warns of scams following ransomware attack

German logistics giant Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has issued a warning that data was stolen from the company when it was hit with a ransomware attack on December 9, 2021. It is not entirely clear what type of data was extracted, but the company says it is warning partners and customers to doubl...

Conti Gang Suspected of Ransomware Attack on McMenamins

A family-run chain of hotels and restaurants this week has been grappling with the aftermath of a ransomware attack that occurred last weekend that may have exposed employees’ sensitive personal data, according to multiple reports. The incident – which some have attributed to the Conti gang –...

Top workforce management firm Kronos hit by ransomware attack

By Deeba Ahmed Kronos has taken down its private cloud services and advises customers to use “alternative business continuity protocols.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Top workforce management firm Kronos hit by ransomware attack...