ransomware

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2021
Ransomware hit Guilderland Central School District near Albany

Officials revealed that the school district near Albany was hit by a ransomware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning on Monday. The Guilderland Central School District near Albany was hit by a ransomware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning on Monday, the news […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2021
Darkside Ransomware gang aims at influencing the stock price of their victims

The Darkside ransomware gang is enhancing its extortion tactics to interfere with the valuation of stocks of companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets. The Darkside ransomware operators are stepping up their extortion tactics targeting companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets with a new technique. The group announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2021
REvil ransomware gang recommends that Apple buy back its data stolen in Quanta hack

The REvil ransomware operators are attempting to blackmail Apple after they has allegedly stolen product blueprints of the IT giant from its business partner. REvil ransomware gang is attempting to extort Apple ahead of the Apple Spring Loaded event threatening to sell stolen blueprints belonging to the IT giant that were stolen from Quanta Computer. Quanta […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2021
33.4% of ICS computers hit by a cyber attack in H2 2020

H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published the Industrial Control System Threat Landscape report for H2 2020 which is based on statistical data collected by the distributed antivirus Kaspersky Security Network (KSN).  The data analyzed by the experts were received […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 308

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to receive the complete weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free, including the international press, subscribe here. Experts found two flaws in Facebook for WordPress Plugin Hackers disrupted live […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2021
Evolution and rise of the Avaddon Ransomware-as-a-Service

The Avaddon ransomware operators updated their malware after security researchers released a public decryptor in February 2021. The Avaddon ransomware family first appeared in the threat landscape in February 2020, and its authors started offering it with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model in June, 2020. In August 2020, cybersecurity intelligence firm Kela was the first to report that […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2021
London-based academies Harris Federation hit by ransomware attack

Harris Federation, the multi-academy trust of 50 primary and secondary academies in and around London, was hit by a ransomware attack. A ransomware attack hit the IT systems of London-based nonprofit multi-academy trust Harris Federation on Saturday, March 27. Harris Federation is a multi-academy trust of 50 primary and secondary academies in and around London […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2021
Hackers disrupted live broadcasts at Channel Nine. Is it a Russian retaliation?

A cyber attack has disrupted the Australian Channel Nine’s live broadcasts, the company was unable to transmit its Sunday morning news program. A cyber attack has hit the Australian Channel Nine’s live broadcasts causing the disruption of its operations. The broadcaster was unable to air its Sunday morning news program, which runs from 7:00 am to 1:00 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 307

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. CISA releases CHIRP, a tool to detect SolarWinds malicious activity Microsoft Defender can now protect servers against ProxyLogon […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2021
Clop Ransomware gang now contacts victims’ customers to force victims into pay a ransom

Clop ransomware operators now email victim’s customers and ask them to demand a ransom payment to protect their privacy to force victims into paying the ransom. Clop ransomware operators are switching to a new tactic to force victims into paying the ransom by emailing their customers and asking them to demand a ransom payment to […]