LA County Hit with DoppelPaymer Ransomware Attack

The DoppelPaymer ransomware operators claim that they’ve hit a Los Angeles county with a ransomware attack – and are now leaking the city’s data online, according to a recent report. Impacted is the city of Torrance, a coastal U.S. city in the South Bay region of LA, which has a population of...

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Backlink Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-28729)

Bitdefender Antivirus Free is a free version of the Romanian company Bitdefender's suite of antivirus programs that provide mainly cyber threat detection and ransomware protection. A backlink vulnerability exists in versions of Bitdefender Antivirus Free prior to 1.0.17. An attacker could exploit...

Maze Ransomware Attack Hits Cognizant

IT services giant Cognizant said that it has been hit by the Maze ransomware group in a cyberattack that has caused service disruptions. Cognizant, a Fortune 500 company that employs close to 300,000 people, said that it is providing customers with indicators of compromise IoCs and other technica...

DHS Urges Pulse Secure VPN Users To Update Passwords

The Department of Homeland Security DHS is urging companies that use Pulse Secure VPNs to change their passwords for Active Directory accounts, after several cyberattacks targeted companies who had previously patched a related flaw in the VPN. DHS warns that the Pulse Secure VPN patches may have...

Hackers steal 10 TB of data in ransomware attack on energy giant

By Sudais Asif The hackers are demanding 1,580 Bitcoins amounting to $10.9M/€9.9M or from the victim of their ransomware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers steal 10 TB of data in ransomware attack on energy giant...

Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends in Spring 2020

By David Liebenberg. Cisco Talos Incident Response CTIR engagements continue to be dominated by ransomware and commodity trojans. As alluded to in last quarter’s report, ransomware actors have begun threatening to release sensitive information from victims as a means of further compelling them to...

'Double Extortion' Ransomware Attacks Spike

Victims of ransomware attacks now face a double whammy of headaches. Cybercriminals are increasingly inflicting more pain on ransomware victims by threatening to leak compromised data or use it in future spam attacks, if ransom demands aren’t met. The ransomware tactic, call “double extortion,”...

Amid COVID-19, Global Orgs See a 148% Spike in Ransomware Attacks; Finance Industry Heavily Targeted

Cyber criminals often exploit fear and uncertainty during major world events by launching cyberattacks. These attacks are often performed with social engineering campaigns leveraging malicious emails that lure victims to install malware that steals financial data and other valuable personal...

COVID-19 Has United Cybersecurity Experts, But Will That Unity Survive the Pandemic?

The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. Whether it's helping hospitals avoid becoming the next ransomware...

April Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Battles 4 Bugs Under Active Exploit

Microsoft has released its April 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates, its first big patch update released since the work-from-home era truly got underway. It’s a doozie, with the tech giant disclosing 113 vulnerabilities. Out of these, 19 are rated as critical, and 94 are rated as important...

Ransomware Now Leaking Stolen Documents

Originally, ransomware didn't involve any data theft. Malware would encrypt the data on your computer, and demand a ransom for the encryption key. Now ransomware is increasingly involving both encryption and exfiltration. Brian Krebs wrote about this in December. It's a further incentive for the...

Hackers Targeting Critical Healthcare Facilities With Ransomware During Coronavirus Pandemic

As hospitals around the world are struggling to respond to the coronavirus crisis, cybercriminals—with no conscience and empathy—are continuously targeting healthcare organizations, research facilities, and other governmental organizations with ransomware and malicious information stealers. The n...

Hackers Targeting Critical Healthcare Facilities With Ransomware During Coronavirus Pandemic

As hospitals around the world are struggling to respond to the coronavirus crisis, cybercriminals—with no conscience and empathy—are continuously targeting healthcare organizations, research facilities, and other governmental organizations with ransomware and malicious information stealers. The n...

Signal Threatens to Leave the US If EARN IT Act Passes

Plus: WhatsApp updates, a ransomware scheme, and more of the week's top security news...

Travelex Pays $2.3M in Bitcoin to Hackers Who Hijacked Network in January

Travelex has paid out $2.3 million in Bitcoin to hackers to regain access to its global network after a malware attack at the new year knocked the global currency exchange offline and crippled its business during the month of January. The move—reported by the Wall Street Journal—may seem...

7 Ways Hackers and Scammers Are Exploiting Coronavirus Panic

In our previous stories, you might have already read about various campaigns warning how threat actors are capitalizing on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to infect your computers and mobile devices with malware or scam you out of your money. Unfortunately, to some extent, it's...

Microsoft shares new threat intelligence, security guidance during global crisis

Ready or not, much of the world was thrust into working from home, which means more people and devices are now accessing sensitive corporate data across home networks. Defenders are working round the clock to secure endpoints and ensure the fidelity of not only those endpoints, but also identitie...

COVID-19: Cybersecurity Community Resources

Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 has thrust personal safety and security into the public’s consciousness in an unprecedented way. Families, employees and global businesses have been forced to upend their lives to make their respective communities healthier and more resilient. Our collective response to...

AZORult brings friends to the party

By Vanja Svajcer. NEWS SUMMARY We are used to ransomware attacks and big game hunting making the headlines, but there is an undercurrent of other attack types that allow attackers to monetize their efforts in a less intrusive way.Here, we discuss a multi-pronged cyber criminal attack using a numb...

Maze ransomware group hacks oil giant; leaks data online

By Deeba Ahmed The Maze ransomware group disclosed that it has leaked the database containing information about Sonatrach. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Maze ransomware group hacks oil giant; leaks data online...