Ransomware Shuts Down US Pipeline

This is a major story: a probably Russian cybercrime group called DarkSide shut down the Colonial Pipeline in a ransomware attack. The pipeline supplies much of the East Coast. This is the new and improved ransomware attack: the hackers stole nearly 100 gig of data, and are threatening to publish...

Colonial Pipeline’s Ransomware Attack Sparks Emergency Declaration

The Biden administration has declared a state of emergency that covers 17 states and Washington D.C. in the wake of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline Co., and is working with Colonial to restart operations. On Monday morning, FireEye also confirmed to Threatpost that it’s been called...

DoppelPaymer Gang Leaks Files from Illinois AG After Ransom Negotiations Break Down

The ransomware gang identified as DoppelPaymer has leaked a substantial collection of files from the Illinois Office of the Attorney General OAG on a server controlled by the cybercriminal group. The move came after ransom negotiations between the two parties broke down following a ransomware...

D.C. Police Department suffers ransomware attack

By Deeba Ahmed The group behind the ransomware attack is the Babuk Locker gang. The Department has acknowledged the attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: D.C. Police Department suffers ransomware attack...

Hackers Threaten to Leak D.C. Police Informants' Info If Ransom Is Not Paid

The Metropolitan Police Department MPD of the District of Columbia has become the latest high-profile government agency to fall victim to a ransomware attack. The Babuk Locker gang claimed in a post on the dark web that they had compromised the DC Police's networks and stolen 250 GB of unencrypte...

Ransomware Attack Creates Dutch Cheese Shortages

An Easter weekend ransomware attack on a food-logistics firm in the Netherlands has caused shortages of prepackaged cheese in supermarkets across the country. The largest Dutch grocery store chain had some bad news for a cheese-mad nation. “Due to a technical malfunction, there is limited...

Conti Gang Demands $40M Ransom from Florida School District

UPDATE The Conti Gang has demanded a $40 million ransom from a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., school district after a ransomware attack last month. Attackers stole personal information from students and teachers, disrupted the district’s networks, and caused some services to be unavailable. The incident...

Ragnarok Ransomware Hits Boggi Milano Menswear

Luxury Italian men’s clothing line Boggi Milano has confirmed what Ragnarok was already bragging about on the Dark Web: The brand was hit with a ransomware attack, according to multiple sources. Ragnarok and Boggi Milano representatives who spoke to Bloomberg agree on the facts; the ransomware...

Insurance Giant CNA Hit with Novel Ransomware Attack

A novel ransomware attack forced insurance giant CNA to take systems offline and temporarily shutter its website. The attack occurred earlier this week and leveraged a new variant of the Phoenix CryptoLocker malware. The Chicago-based company—the seventh largest commercial insurance provider in t...

Ransomware Attack Foils IoT Giant Sierra Wireless

A ransomware attack on leading internet-of-things IoT manufacturer Sierra Wireless this week ground its production activity to a halt and froze various other internal operations. The Canadian multinational manufacturer creates a broad array of communications equipment – from gateways to routers,...

REvil hackers demand $50M from Acer after threatening to leak data

By Habiba Rashid The biggest ransomware attack in history was observed on 18th March when cybercrime syndicate REvil demanded $50M from tech giant Acer. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: REvil hackers demand $50M from Acer after threatening to leak data...

HelloKitty: When Cyberpunk met cy-purr-crime

On February 9, after discovering a compromise, CD Projekt Red CDPR announced to its 1+ million followers on Twitter that it was the victim of a ransomware attack against its systems and made it clear they would not yield to the demands of the threat actors, nor negotiate. Cyberpunk 2077, the late...

Hackers Are Targeting Microsoft Exchange Servers With Ransomware

It didn't take long. Intelligence agencies and cybersecurity researchers had been warning that unpatched Exchange Servers could open the pathway for ransomware infections in the wake of swift escalation of the attacks since last week. Now it appears that threat actors have caught up. According to...

Kia Motors Hit With $20M Ransomware Attack – Report

So far, Kia Motors America has publicly acknowledged an “extended system outage,” but ransomware gang DoppelPaymer claimed it has locked down the company’s files in a cyberattack that includes a $20 million ransom demand. That $20 million will gain Kia a decryptor and a guarantee to not to publis...

Hacker Sets Alleged Auction for Witcher 3 Source Code

The ransomware gang behind an attack on videogame developer CD Projekt Red may have made good on its promise to auction off the company’s data – including source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and an unreleased version of the Witcher 3. Or it may not have. The Twitter account @vxunderground, which bills...

CD Projekt ransomware attack – Cyberpunk 2077 source code allegedly stolen

By Waqas The Polish video game developer CD Projekt, known for games like Cyberpunk 2077, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: CD Projekt ransomware attack - Cyberpunk 2077 source code allegedly stolen...

Cyberpunk 2077 developer hit by ransomware

CD PROJEKT RED, the game developer behind Cyberpunk 2077, announced earlier on Twitter that it has fallen victim to a targeted ransomware attack. The company says it has backups for the affected systems and does not intend to pay the ransom. In their ransom note the attackers boast that they have...

Adobe Connect 10 Username Disclosure

Title: adobe connect 10 Local Route Disclosure Author: h4shur date:2021-02-07 Vendor Homepage: https://www.adobe.com Software Link: https://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html Version: 10 and earlier Tested on: Windows 10 & Google Chrome Category : Web Application Bugs Description : There ar...

WestRock Ransomware Attack Hinders Packaging Production

WestRock – the second-largest packaging company in the U.S. – continues to restore its systems, two weeks after it discovered it was the victim of a ransomware attack. WestRock, which has more than 320 manufacturing facilities globally, creates packaging supplies for a bevy of high-profile client...

Nefilim Ransomware Gang Hits Jackpot with Ghost Account

A Nefilim ransomware attack that locked up more than 100 systems stemmed from the compromise of an unmonitored account belonging to an employee who had died three months previously, researchers said. Nefilim a.k.a. Nemty is a ransomware strain that emerged in 2020, with its operators adopting the...