Clop ransomware making grounds, security company Qualys also affected
Qualys, a company specialising in cloud security, appears to be the latest victim of the Clop ransomware circulating recently. Internal files of the company have appeared on the blog of the hackers behind Clop.
The French website LeMagIT brought the news to light. The attackers behind the ransom...
Nutanix improves ransomware protection
Nutanix has made some changes to its ecosystem that should make it more secure against ransomware. The company is combining several enhancements that should contribute to increased security.
The improvements were applied to Flow, Files, Objects and Mine, writes Blocks & Files. The Security C...
Cybercriminals target top executives to force ransom payment
Ransomware gangs are now going after top executives, they aim to get access to their laptops and workstations to steal data from them, in the hope that what they find will be more valuable and hopefully pressure the companies involved to pay a ransom.
This trend is relatively new and operates on...
2021 has its first new form of ransomware called Babuk Locker
A new form of ransomware has already emerged and we are not even a week into 2021. Babuk Locker is the name given to the new variant. The first details came out last weekend from Chuang Dong.
The ransomware has its SHA256 encryption (called ChaCha8) implemented and uses the Elliptic-curve Diffie...
US warns for cyber attacks on Covid-19 vaccines
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a warning that financial institutes must be alert to criminal activities targeting Covid-19 vaccines and their distribution.
Examples of criminal activities are the sale of illegal vaccines. These include vaccines that have not y...
Canadian VoIP company Sangoma hit by Conti ransomware
Sangoma Technologies, the Canadian VoIP company has been hit by a ransomware attack. The company sells products like Switchbox and FreePBX and owns Asterix provider Digium. It disclosed the attack in a statement, on Christmas Eve and said the ransomware targeted the company’s servers.
The comp...
Microsoft and McAfee are part of a new Ransomware Task Force
Headlined by Microsoft and McAfee, a group of 19 security firms, non-profits, and tech companies announced plans to form a collective task force that will deal with the threat of ransomware.
The group has been named the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) and will focus on assessing the existing technic...
MountLocker ransomware is now spreading via criminal affiliates
Security researchers at Blackberry say that a new strain of ransomware has popped up that uses affiliates to spread malware. Since July, the researchers say that MountLocker has been available as ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) and was updated this November to broaden the file types it targets and h...
Ransomware gangs are cold-calling victims to stop them from using backups
Ransomware gangs have been cold-calling victims if they suspect their targets are attempting to restore their systems from backups without paying the ransom. The cold-calling tactics are meant to put pressure on the victims to pay instead of seeking other alternatives.
Evgueni Erchov, the direct...
Meet Egregor: the next big malware threat to your business
The new group has become the leading ransomware variant, say industry experts.
A new ransomware group has emerged on the scene and quickly shot up to the top in terms of threat magnitude.
Cybersecurity researchers at Digital Shadows say the new variant is becoming increasingly prolific. Cybe...
Ransomware success is driven by victims who pay the ransom
Over a quarter of organizations that have been paralyzed by ransomware attacks choose to pay the ransom. They do this because they don't have any other options than to accept the demands of the criminals targeting them. The average ransom amount is now more than 1 million dollars.
A study by Cro...
Manchester United is the victim of cyber attack
The British football club Manchester United has been hit by a cyber attack. It appears to be a ransomware attack, but it is not clear whether the attackers managed to steal anything.
The football club posted a message on its website, simply saying that a cyber attack has taken place and it has t...