NotPetya Is a Cyber Weapon, Not Ransomware
Yesterday morning, after monitoring this new outbreak for 24 hours, the conclusion was that we were dealing with cyber warfare, and not ransomware. Two separate reports coming from Comae Technologies and Kaspersky Lab experts confirm this now. NotPetya is a destructive disk wiper similar to Shamoon which has been targeting Saudi Arabia in the recent […]
Canadian firm pays $425,000 to recover from ransomware attack
“A major Canadian company was forced to pay $425,000 in Bitcoin over the weekend to restore its computer systems after suffering a crippling ransomware attack that not only encrypted its production databases but also the backups as well. “They literally had not choice but to pay” because the backups were frozen, said Daniel Tobok, CEO […]
FedEx Reports Material Financial Impact From Last Month’s ‘Petya’ Cyber Attack
“FedEx Corp. announced that it expects to see a material financial impact from the ‘Petya’ cyber attack that crippled the computer systems of its European arm TNT Express, which FedEx acquired in May 2016. The company made the announcement in its SEC 10K filing. FedEx said that all of its other computer operations were unaffected […]
Cloud Leak: How A Verizon Partner Exposed Millions of Customer Accounts
“UpGuard’s Cyber Risk Team can now report that a misconfigured cloud-based file repository exposed the names, addresses, account details, and account personal identification numbers (PINs) of as many as 14 million US customers of telecommunications carrier Verizon, per analysis of the average number of accounts exposed per day in the sample that was downloaded. The […]
14M customers vulnerable in massive Verizon data leak
“Names, address, account details and personal identification numbers for as many as 14 million Verizon customers were publicly accessible and unsecured in June because of a third-party cloud server problem, according to a new report. Chris Vickery, of Upguard, reported the breach after he discovered a database of Verizon customers on a cloud server account […]
Here’s What You Need To Know About Hard Rock, Loews Hotels Hack Attacks
“If you’ve stayed at a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino or Loews Hotel you’ll want to keep an eye on your financial statements after the two lodging companies revealed they’re the latest victims of a hack attack. The hotel companies revealed recently that they were affected by a data breach over the weekend, noting that […]
CopyCat Malware Infects 14M Android Devices in Ad Fraud Attack
“Security firm Check Point today disclosed a newly discovered attack against Android devices it calls “CopyCat” that has already claimed at least 14 million victims. The Android CopyCat malware generates revenue for attackers through several mechanisms, including ad fraud and affiliate app installations. “We called it [CopyCat] because it takes credit for installations it didn’t […]
Hackers Have Been Targeting US Nuclear And Power Plants, And Russia Is Reportedly Suspected
“Hackers believed to be working for a foreign government have recently penetrated the computer networks of power plants across the US, including a nuclear facility in Kansas, according to reports published Thursday. Security specialists have been responding to attacks at various nuclear power and energy facilities since May, according to an urgent joint report issued […]
The Petya ransomware is starting to look like a cyberattack in disguise
“The haze of yesterday’s massive ransomware attack is clearing, and Ukraine has already emerged as the epicenter of the damage. Kaspersky Labs reports that as many as 60 percent of the systems infected by the Petya ransomware were located within Ukraine, far more than anywhere else. The hack’s reach touched some of the country’s most […]
Unprotected server leaves 3 million WWE fans’ personal data vulnerable: report
“An employee of German security firm Kromtech uncovered an unprotected WWE database containing more than 3 million users’ personal information, according to a report published Thursday by Forbes. The data was stored on an Amazon server without any username or password protection, Forbes reported, and was accessible to anyone who knew which web address to […]