Incidents involving malware or ransomware. In some cases, incidents called “ransomware” do not involve any locking but merely hack, exfiltrate, and attempt to extort.
Cybernews reports: More than 1.3 million files – stolen from Sony-owned Insomniac Games in last week’s ransomware attack – have now been leaked online by the Rhysida gang. Rhysida claimed the Insomniac hack of “exclusive, unique, and impressive data” on its dark leak site December 11th. The stolen data was put up for auction with a […]
The Register reports: Singapore-based Group-IB celebrated its 20th anniversary in the cybersecurity industry this year, and during this time its researchers have broken into an array of ransomware groups and their affiliates. The full number remains a secret. Before the authorities got their hands on Hive at the start of this year, Group-IB’s researchers were inside […]
Infosecurity Magazine reports: Proofpoint has warned recruiters of a skilled threat actor targeting them with emails designed to deploy malware. TA4557 is a financially motivated threat actor known to distribute the More_Eggs backdoor, which is designed to establish persistence, profile the targeted machine and drop additional payloads. Throughout 2022 and most of 2023 the actor has […]
Researchers and analysts who track developments in ransomware leak sites are buzzing this morning about a post by the AlphV (“BlackCat”) threat actors. Normally, threat actors try to extort their victims and then, if the victims do not pay or respond, they start leaking information about the attack and any data. This time, AlphV is […]
If there’s anything the past few years should have taught businesses, it is that if you think you can just wait a month or a few months to patch vulnerabilities when a patch is released, expect to hacked by threat actors who are already searching for businesses that haven’t patched. In this week’s example, Bleeping […]
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Ardent Health Services owns and operates 30 hospitals and health systems with 200+ sites of care with more than 1,400 aligned providers in six states. Earlier today, they posted a security incident notice on their site: Ardent Health Services and its affiliated entities (“Ardent”) became aware of an information technology cybersecurity incident on the morning of […]
Americans who hoped to close on home sales this week may have had their hopes dashed by an attack on Fidelity National Financial. The Register reports: Fortune 500 insurance biz Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a “cybersecurity incident.” The announcement came in the form of an 8-K filing […]
Seen on Back End News: Retail organizations faced a growing threat from ransomware attacks, with fewer managing to stop the encryption of their data. Sophos, a cybersecurity leader, revealed that only a quarter of retailers prevented data encryption during attacks in the last year, marking a decline from previous years. This trend indicated a struggle […]
Bloomberg reports: The criminal ransomware gang behind the recent attack on the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. has claimed responsibility for two more hacks on US financial firms. The Lockbit gang added the Chicago Trading Company and Alphadyne Asset Management this week to a list of victims on its darkweb page. The gang has given them deadlines to make […]
