Suspected Chinese hackers behind attacks on ten Israeli hospitals
A joint announcement from the Ministry of Health and the National Cyber Directorate in Israel describes a spike in ransomware…
In Cyberwar, Attribution Can Be Impossible — and That’s OK
Instead of using a substantial proportion of resources to determine attribution, organizations should focus on defenses that will help them…
Sinclair TV stations crippled by weekend ransomware attack
TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company went down over the weekend across the US, with multiple…
REvil ransomware shuts down again after Tor sites were hijacked
The REvil ransomware operation has likely shut down once again after an unknown person hijacked their Tor payment portal and…
The Week in Ransomware – October 15th 2021 – Disrupting ransoms
This week, senior officials from over thirty countries held virtual conferences on disrupting ransomware operations and attacks. [...]
US links $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware
The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified roughly $5.2 billion worth of outgoing Bitcoin transactions likely…
‘Clumsy’ BlackByte Malware Reuses Crypto Keys, Worms Into Networks
Discovered during a recent incident response engagement, the malware avoids Russian computers and uses a single symmetric key for encrypting…
New Windows 10 KB5006670 update breaks network printing
Windows 10 users and administrators report widescale network printing issues after installing the KB5006670 cumulative update and other updates released…
Accenture confirms data breach after August ransomware attack
Global IT consultancy giant Accenture confirmed that LockBit ransomware operators stole data from its systems during an attack that hit the…
Russian cybercrime gang targets finance firms with stealthy macros
A new phishing campaign dubbed MirrorBlast is deploying weaponized Excel documents that are extremely difficult to detect to compromise financial…