CVE-2024-5264

Network Transfer with AES KHT in Thales Luna EFT 2.1 and above allows a user with administrative console access to access backups taken via offline analysis...

Thales Luna EFT 安全漏洞

Thales Luna EFT is a high-security hardware security module from Thales France designed specifically for financial transactions and payment processing. A security vulnerability exists in Thales Luna EFT version 2.1, which stems from a network transport using AES KHT that allows a user to access...

#StopRansomware: Snatch Ransomware

Actions to take today to mitigate malicious cyber activity: 1. Secure and closely monitor Remote Desktop Protocol RDP. 2. Maintain offline backups of data. 3. Enable and enforce phishing-resistant multifactor authentication MFA...

Payment giant's point-of-sale outage caused by ALPHV ransomware

On April 12, 2023, payment giant NCR reported it was looking into an issue with its point-of-sale POS systems that caused an outage, leaving customers unable to use the system. The NCR Aloha POS systems are popular in hospitality services. Customers include Wendys, Chuck e Cheese, Cafe Rio, Leean...

3 tips for creating backups your organization can rely on when ransomware strikes

Backups are an organization's last line of defense against ransomware, because comprehensive, offline, offsite backups give you a chance to restore or rebuild your computers without paying a criminal for a decryption key. Unfortunately, many organizations don't realize how important it is to make...

Ransomware attack hits ANOTHER school

In what is likely Vice Society's handiwork, the UK's largest state boarding school Wymondham College has announced it has become the victim of a "sophisticated cyberattack". The school didn't provide additional information, but Jonathan Taylor, chief of the school's parent company Sapientia...

Play ransomware gang leaks City of Oakland data

The Play ransomware gang has begun partially publishing data they stole from the City of Oakland, California. The data were in multiple archive files with a collective file size of 10GB. According to the ransomware gang, the files contain "private and personal information data, financial...

Ransomware pushes City of Oakland into state of emergency

The ransomware attack that hit Oakland on Wednesday February 8, 2023 is still crippling many of the citys services a week later. In fact, the situation is so bad that the Interim City Administrator has now declared a state of emergency. Tweet announcing the state of emergency The ransomware attac...

US agencies issue warning about DAIXIN Team ransomware

The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, and the Department of Health and Human Services HHS have issued a joint advisory about DAIXIN Team, a fledgling ransomware and data exfiltration group that has been targeting US healthcare. First spotted in June 2022, the DAIXIN Team...

2021 Top Malware Strains

Summary Immediate Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against Malware: • Patch all systems and prioritize patching known exploited vulnerabilities. • Enforce multifactor authentication MFA. • Secure Remote Desktop Protocol RDP and other risky services. • Make offline backups of your data. • Provi...

CISA and FBI issue alert about Zeppelin ransomware

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA about Zeppelin ransomware. The advisory contains indicators of compromise IOCs and tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs associated with...

What is ransomware and how can you defend your business from it?

Ransomware is a kind of malware used by cybercriminals to stop users from accessing their systems or files; the cybercriminals then threaten to leak, destroy or withhold sensitive information unless a ransom is paid. Ransomware attacks can target either the data held on computer systems known as...

CISA and ACSC Release Top 2021 Malware Strains

CISA and the Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC have published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory on the top malware strains observed in 2021. Malicious cyber actors often use malware to covertly compromise and then gain access to a computer or mobile device. As malicious cyber actors have been...

Government Agencies Warn of Increase in Cyberattacks Targeting MSPs

Multiple cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. on Wednesday released a joint advisory warning of threats targeting managed service providers MSPs and their customers. Key among the recommendations include identifying and disabling accounts that are ...

Russia under Attack from New RURansom Wiper

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A series of Wiper Malware attacks have been launched in the continuing cyber war between Russia and Ukraine. Researchers have discovered the RURansom wiper malware, which adds to the current collection of harmful malware. The...

Hackers Targeting Biomanufacturing Facilities With Tardigrade Malware

An advanced persistent threat APT has been linked to cyberattacks on two biomanufacturing companies that occurred this year with the help of a custom malware loader called "Tardigrade." That's according to an advisory published by Bioeconomy Information Sharing and Analysis Center BIO-ISAC this...

Podcast: 67% of Orgs Have Been Hit by Ransomware at Least Once

A recent report found that two-thirds, or 67 percent, of surveyed organizations have suffered a ransomware attack, about half have been hit multiple times, and 16 percent have been hit three or more times. According to Fortinet’s Global State of Ransomware Report 2021 PDF, released last week, mos...

Threat spotlight: WastedLocker, customized ransomware

WastedLocker is a new ransomware operated by a malware exploitation gang commonly known as the Evil Corp gang. The same gang that is associated with Dridex and BitPaymer. The attribution is not based on the malware variants as WastedLocker is very different from BitPaymer. What was kept was the...

Please make sure you have offline backups

This ransomware has hit not only personal computers, but also organizations, including a town in New Hampshire. This particular attack was carried out when an employee opened a seemingly legitimate email attachment, once again reminding us of the ever-present danger of social engineering...