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Ransomware: REvil’s websites become unreachable
Washington: Websites run by the ransomware gang REvil suddenly became unreachable on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), sparking widespread speculation that the group had been knocked offline. The Russia-linked cybercrime ring has collected tens of millions of dollars in ransom payments in return for restoring computer systems it has hacked. In recent weeks it claimed responsibility for…
Republican National Committee Says Systems Weren’t Breached
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Synnex, a Supplier for the RNC, Detected an Intrusion Attempt Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 6, 2021 IT services provider Synnex Corp., which counts the Republican National Committee as a customer, said Tuesday that an intrusion attempt against it may be…
US announces new security directive after critical pipeline hack
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new pipeline cybersecurity requirements after the largest fuel pipeline in the United States was forced to shut down operations in early May following a ransomware attack. The new security directive requires critical pipeline owners and operators to report any confirmed and potential cybersecurity incidents to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…
In crosshairs of ransomware crooks, cyber insurers struggle, IT News, ET CIO
BOSTON: In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies to help others survive the very network-paralyzing, data-pilfering extortion attacks they themselves apparently suffered. Cybercriminals who hack into corporate and government networks to steal sensitive data for extortion routinely try to learn how much…
Nigerian Gang Asks for Insider Help to Plant Ransomware
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management , Insider Threat Researchers Learn Details During a Telegram Chat With an Attacker Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • August 19, 2021 Ransom demand screen provided by the attacker to Abnormal Security A Nigeria-based ransomware gang is conducting a campaign that dangles a $1 million bribe…
Researchers link ongoing CryptoCore campaign to North Korea’s Lazarus APT
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea known as Lazarus APT group appear to be behind a campaign that has been targeting cryptocurrency exchanges for the last three years, according to a new report from Israeli cybersecurity firm ClearSky. Dubbed “CryptoCore” (CryptoMimic, Dangerous Password and Leery Turtle), the campaign targeted crypto exchanges in Israel, Japan,…