Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist
Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist
After the Babuk ransomware operators have announced that they decided to close the affiliate program and move to data theft extortion, the group seems to have returned to their previous methods of encrypting corporate systems. At this time, the hackers are employing a new version of their file-encrypting malware and have shifted the operation to…
Distribution systems within the U.S. electrical grid are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack, a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday. In the report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted that the Department of Energy’s cybersecurity strategy has predominantly focused on generation and transmission systems. The watchdog recommended further attention to risks facing distribution systems,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s open to an exchange of criminal hackers with the United States. American President Joe Biden said he would raise the issue with Putin of extraditing Russian hackers wanted in the U.S. at their summit on Wednesday, and Putin appears willing to reciprocate. ″If…
The nation’s largest oil pipeline is having issues with its scheduling system for future shipments. Colonial Pipeline’s network was down Tuesday just days after the pipeline reopened from a week-long shutdown. Last week’s cyberattack pushed gas prices to a seven-year high and caused fuel shortages. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Colonial Pipeline is having…
US intelligence agencies have started to study supply chain threats from Russia, a top official within the Justice Department confirmed on Thursday 6th of May, in the wake of the far-reaching hacker operations that used software developed by SolarWinds as well as other suppliers. SolarWinds Inc. is an American multinational that creates software to…
Hackers Exploit VPN to Deploy SUPERNOVA malware on SolarWinds Orion | IT Security News 23. April 2021 The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed details of a new advanced persistent threat (APT) that’s leveraging the Supernova backdoor to compromise SolarWinds Orion installations after gaining access to the network through a connection to…