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‘Maze’ ransomware threatens data exposure unless $6m ransom paid

January 7, 2020 0 Comments Adobe, Adobe Flash, data breach, Internet Explorer, Ireland, Law & order, macros, malware, maze, Microsoft, Ransomware, security threats, southwire, word documents

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:35:29 +0000

US cable and wire manufacturer, Southwire, last week filed a civil suit against Maze’s mysterious makers in Georgia Federal court.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jNMBVgsS2Wg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Independent Krebs Security

The Hidden Cost of Ransomware: Wholesale Password Theft

January 6, 2020 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, alex holden, Hold Security, karen christianson, mark schafer, Ransomware, ryuk, sva consulting, The Coming Storm, vcpi

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:17:21 +0000

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. But all too often, ransomware victims fail to grasp that the crooks behind these attacks can and frequently do siphon every single password stored on each infected endpoint. The result of this oversight may offer attackers a way back into the affected organization, access to financial and healthcare accounts, or — worse yet — key tools for attacking the victim’s various business partners and clients.

Security Sophos

Ransomware: la minaccia informatica che non morirà

January 2, 2020 0 Comments Intercept X, Ransomware, Ransomwares, sophos managed threat response (mtr), XG Firewall

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 07:17:12 +0000

Potrebbe essere in circolazione da 30 anni, ma il ransomware continua a evolversi e mettere in ginocchio le organizzazioni. Assicurati di essere pronto per questo.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/eZuW02Zyh8Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Il ransomware Snatch riavvia i PC in Safe Mode per bypassare la protezione

January 2, 2020 0 Comments attualità, Ransomware, Ransomwares, snatch

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 08:02:19 +0000

Un report analizza in dettaglio le tattiche, le tecniche e le procedure usate da Snatch, che comprendono il riavvio dei PC in Safe Mode<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/3TO_HwrNLPQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

7 types of virus – a short glossary of contemporary cyberbadness

December 28, 2019 0 Comments banking trojan, data stealer, keylogger, malware, ram scraper, Ransomware, rat

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:30:37 +0000

Here’s a short list of 7 malware categories we hope you never encounter. Sadly, it’s not an exhaustive list… but it’s a helpful start.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/pb59riwiap0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Independent Krebs Security

Ransomware at IT Services Provider Synoptek

December 27, 2019 0 Comments Ransomware, revil, Sodinokibi, synoptek

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 01:49:05 +0000

Synoptek, a California business that provides cloud hosting and IT management services to more than a thousand customer nationwide, suffered a ransomware attack this week that has disrupted operations for many of its clients, according to sources. The company has reportedly paid a ransom demand in a bid to restore operations as quickly as possible. Irvine, Calif.-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries, including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. The company employs nearly a thousand employees and brought in more than $100 million in revenue in the past year.

MalwareBytes Security

A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 0 Comments ashley madison, ashley madison hack, Awareness, badrabbit, Cambridge Analytica, cryptolocker, cryptolocker ransomware, Data privacy, edward snowden, emotet, exploits, facebook, Hacktivism, mat honan, notpetya, NSA, nsa spying, nsa surveillance, nsa tools, playstation breach, playstation hack, Ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk ransomware, security fails, shadow brokers, social media, sony, sony pictures hack, surveillance, target breach, target hack, trickbot, triple threat, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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Awareness

Tags: ashley madison ashley madison hack BadRabbit cambridge analytica cryptolocker cryptolocker ransomware Data privacy Edward Snowden emotet exploits facebook hacktivism mat honan NotPetya NSA nsa spying nsa surveillance NSA tools playstation breach playstation hack ransomware ryuk Ryuk ransomware security fails shadow brokers social media sony sony pictures hack surveillance target breach target hack trickbot triple threat WannaCry

Security Sophos

Ransomware-seized New Orleans declares state of emergency

December 17, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Government security, Law & order, malware, new orleans, nola, nola ready, office of homeland security and emergency preparedness, Ransomware, ryuk, security threats, state of emergency

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:14:47 +0000

There are signs that the attackers used the particularly pernicious Ryuk strain of ransomware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_IFQ_O3lT1A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Independent Krebs Security

Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up

December 16, 2019 0 Comments bleepingcomputer, lawrence abrams, maze ransomware, Ransomware, revil, Sodinokibi, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:21:23 +0000

As if the scourge of ransomware wasn’t bad enough already: Several prominent purveyors of ransomware have signaled they plan to start publishing data stolen from victims who refuse to pay up. To make matters worse, one ransomware gang has now created a public Web site identifying recent victim companies that have chosen to rebuild their operations instead of acquiescing to their tormentors.

Security Sophos

Snatch ransomware amenaza la seguridad mediante el reinicio furtivo en “modo seguro”

December 13, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:37:45 +0000

El equipo de Managed Threat Response (MTR) de Sophos advirtió a la industria sobre un nuevo peligroso truco del ransomware: cifrar los datos solo después de reiniciar los PC con Windows en “modo seguro”. Implementado recientemente por el ransomware “Snatch” desarrollado por los rusos, llamado así por la película de 2000 del mismo nombre, es […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/aAGmqV1Qd0s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>