Close to Half of US East Coast Fuel Supply Shutdown Due to Ransomware Cyberattack

Colonial system affected by the cyberattack. Colonial is the largest refined products pipeline in the U.S., transporting more than 100 million gallons, or 2.5 million barrels, per day. Its pipeline spans more the 5,500 miles throughout the Southern and Eastern U.S. (Map: Colonial Pipeline) Colonial Pipeline, which accounts for close to half of the United…

DarkSide’s Pipeline Ransomware Hit: Strictly Business?

DarkSide’s Pipeline Ransomware Hit: Strictly Business?

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Affiliate-Driven Ransomware-as-a-Service Operations Keep Generating Big Profits Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • May 11, 2021     Statements posted to DarkSide’s data leak site “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.” See Also: How IT Resilience Gaps Impact Your Business That immortal line…

Experts warn of a new Android banking trojan stealing users’ credentials

Experts warn of a new Android banking trojan stealing users’ credentials

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new Android trojan that hijacks users’ credentials and SMS messages to facilitate fraudulent activities against banks in Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Called “TeaBot” (or Anatsa), the malware is said to be in its early stages of development, with malicious attacks targeting financial apps commencing in late…

Malspam Campaign Used Hancitor to Download Cuba Ransomware

Malspam Campaign Used Hancitor to Download Cuba Ransomware

Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Email Security & Protection Attackers Co-Opted Malware for Data Exfiltration and Ransom, Group-IB Finds Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • May 8, 2021     Attackers co-opted the Hancitor malware downloader and recently used it to deliver Cuba ransomware as part of an email spam campaign for data exfiltration and ransom extortion,…

Israel-Gaza conflict: ‘De-escalate’ to protect children

Israel-Gaza conflict: ‘De-escalate’ to protect children

The charity Save the Children is calling for an immediate de-escalation of the Israel-Gaza conflict. In Jerusalem Save the Children’s Jason Lee told BBC World News: “In every conflict or escalation today we see that children are disproportionately affected… “We have numbers of children being killed, maimed. This cycle will continue unless we take immediate…

Close to Half of US East Coast Fuel Supply Shutdown Due to Ransomware Cyberattack

Close to Half of US East Coast Fuel Supply Shutdown Due to Ransomware Cyberattack

Colonial system affected by the cyberattack. Colonial is the largest refined products pipeline in the U.S., transporting more than 100 million gallons, or 2.5 million barrels, per day. Its pipeline spans more the 5,500 miles throughout the Southern and Eastern U.S. (Map: Colonial Pipeline) Colonial Pipeline, which accounts for close to half of the United…

City of Tulsa’s online services disrupted in ransomware incident

City of Tulsa’s online services disrupted in ransomware incident

The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has suffered a ransomware attack that forced the City to shut down its systems to prevent the further spread of the malware. Tulsa is the second-largest city in Oklahoma, with a population of approximately 400,000 people. Over the weekend, threat actors deployed a ransomware attack on the City of Tulsa’s…