Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Lorenz Tags: ransomware Tags: CVE-2022-29499 Tags: Mitel Tags: backdoor Tags: web shell A recent case-study showed once again that timely patching is important, but it’s not a silver bullet for stopping ransomware. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: high society Tags: compromise Tags: school Tags: schools Tags: learning Tags: documents Tags: data Tags: leak We take a look at reports of 14 schools being compromised by ransomware group Vice Society. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Maternal & Family Health Services Tags: MFHS Tags: A US health and human services organization recently revealed it was a victim of a ransomware attack that likely happened between August 2021 and April 2022. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: LockBit Tags: LockBit ransomware Tags: ransomware Tags: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Tags: HACLA Tags: opportunistic attack In an incident still under investigation, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) was attacked by LockBit during the holiday season. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:00:00 +0000
Understanding how Mac ransomware works is critical in protecting today’s hybrid environments. We analyzed several known Mac ransomware families and highlighted these families’ techniques, which defenders can study further to prevent attacks.
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: security vulnerabilities Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: lock and code Tags: SevenRooms Tags: adult popunder Tags: ad fraud Tags: AV-TEST Tags: Gemini Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: Play ransomware Tags: ransomware Tags: blocking IP addresses Tags: BEC scam Tags: BEC Tags: Bricklink Tags: Lego Tags: Netflix Tags: Disney+ Tags: password sharing Tags: The Guardian Tags: ransomware attack Tags: Godfather malware Tags: Godfather Tags: Android banking malware The most interesting security related news from the week of December 19 to 25. |
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:20:20 +0000
Listen now – you’ll be alarmed, amused and educated, all in equal measure. (Full transcript in article.)
Read moreCategories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: The Guardian Tags: IT incident Tags: internal network Tags: ransomware Major news outlet The Guardian has suffered from an IT incident that it suspects is ransomware. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: H-Hotel Tags: Play ransomware Tags: ransomware Tags: extortion Tags: threat Tags: breach Tags: EDR A ransomware group claims to have stolen data from the H-Hotel chain, and is now threatening to leak it if the ransom is not paid |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: week in security Tags: AWIS Tags: weekly blog recap Tags: Indiana Tags: TikTok Tags: MSP Tags: electronic sales suppression tools Tags: iPhone Tags: Play ransomware Tags: ransomware Tags: Nebula Tags: Quarantine for Cloud Storage Scanning Tags: SOC Tags: ROI Tags: Uber Tags: Apple Tags: virtual kidnapping Tags: DDoS booter service Tags: law enforcement takedown Tags: InfraGuard Tags: InfraGuard breach The most interesting security related news from the week of December 12 to 18. |
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