A recent survey of just over 1,000 small- and medium-sized businesses found that 58 percent of respondents experienced a data breach in the previous 12 months, according to a new SMB cybersecurity research report from Keeper Security and the Ponemon Institute. An even larger number, 67 percent, said they experienced at least one form of cyberattack,…
Windows users in Europe have recently been the target of a sophisticated malware campaign that provides attackers with a diverse array of capabilities, including cryptomining, credential stealing, ransomware and remote-access takeovers. Named DarkGate by its developer, the malware is reportedly distributed via Torrent files disguised as popular entertainment offerings — including the Spanish basketball dramedy…
SamSam ransomware has cut a relatively wide swath across the world with at least 67 different, 54 in the U.S., targets being struck in 2018, according to a Symantec report. Symantec researchers noted that despite such high-profile incidences such as Atlanta and the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Port of San Diego, the majority…
A pair of new malware-as-a-service schemes have been uncovered with one designed as an easy to use point of entry for beginner DDoS attackers, while the second offers a sliding commission pay scale that rises if more ransomware victims are infected. The Fortinet research team of Rommel Joven and Evgeny Ananin has dived into a…
Bitdefender and ESET have each published a Gandcrab ransomware decryptor with particular attention paid to Syrians victims. Bitdefender said its tool can decrypt data encrypted by Gandcrab versions 1, 4 and 5 and for all versions for victims located in Syria. The tool can be downloaded here. Bitdefender stated it worked with Europol, Romanian Police…
Ransomware attacks have struck government entities across the nation this week with West Haven, Conn., the Indiana National Guard and Muscatine, Iowa being targeted. West Haven almost immediately succumbed to the cybercriminals threat and paying what city officials called a “one-time fee” of $2,000 after having 23 of its servers encrypted from an attack that…
The Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (ONWASA) in Jacksonville, N.C. was hit with a ransomware attack over the weekend that has all but shut down its computer operations. ONWASA, which is still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Florence, reported that its system came under attack from what it believes to be the EMOTET trojan on…
Researchers are pointing to a recently discovered malicious backdoor as a key piece of evidence that apparently links the actors who launched the 2017 NotPetya ransomware attacks with the malicious hackers who disrupted Ukraine’s power grid the year before. The finding potentially helps to confirm ongoing suspicions among cyber experts that these notorious cyber incidents…
The Port of San Diego is probing a cyberattack similar to the costly SamSam attack that crippled systems and services in Atlanta earlier this year. “The Port of San Diego has experienced a serious cybersecurity incident that has disrupted the agency’s information technology systems,” according to a statement from the port’s CEO, Randa Coniglio. “The…
The Arran Brewery in Scotland was hit with a ransomware attack that saw a malicious actor using a job vacancy at the beer maker to slip in the malware. The brewery, located on the small island of Arran off the Scottish coast, had posted a job opening for a credit control and finance assistant, but…
