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Hive Ransomware Claims Cyberattack on Tata Power’s IT Infrastructure [Updated]

The Indian Power Company Confirms the Cyberattack in a Brief Statement.

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Hive Ransomware Group Hits Bell Canada Subsidiary

Stolen Data Include Personal Information of Employees, But Not Clients’ Financial Data.

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Ransomware Attack Disrupts Shutterfly Services

The Cyberattack Allegedly Resulted in Thousands of Devices Being Encrypted.

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Fake Ransomware Attacks Targeted WordPress Sites

A False Wave of Ransomware Attacks Requested Website Owners to Pay a Ransom in Bitcoin.

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Yanluowang Ransomware Targets Enterprise Entities

Ransomware Strains: a Never-Ending Game.

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Olympus Cyberattack Happening During the Weekend

Cyberattacks Over the Weekend Is the New Trend.

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A Second Farming Cooperative Got Shut Down by Ransomware This Week

The Minnesota Farming Supply Cooperative, Crystal Valley, Suffered a Ransomware Attack.

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The Ransomware Dubbed BlackMatter Hits Marketron

The Company Is Working on Restoring Its Systems.

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Howard University Hit with Ransomware

The Institution Shut Down Its Network and Informed the FBI and D.C. City Government.

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CISA Advises Users to Not Use Single-factor Authentication on Internet-exposed Systems

Single-factor Authentication Was Added by CISA to a List of Cybersecurity Bad Practices.

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US Organizations Targeted by OnePercent Ransomware Group, FBI Says

The Threat Actor Has Been Actively Targeting US Orgs as a Ransomware Affiliate Since at Least November 2020.

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Crytek Data Breach: the Company Confirmed Its Data Being Leaked

The Company Sent Notification Letters to Victims.

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125% Increase in Cyber Intrusion Activities

In the First Part of 2021 More Than Half of All Ransomware or Extortion Victims Were Companies That Reported Annual Revenues Between $1 Billion and $9.9 Billion.

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Newly Discovered Cobalt Strike Bugs Could Allow the Takedown of Attackers’ Servers

The Vulnerabilities Allow the Blocking of the Beacon Command-and-control (C2) Communication Channels and New Deployments.

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Italian Vaccine Registration System Possibly Hit with Ransomware [Updated]

The Region’s President Announced That Residents of Lazio Will Not Be Able to Book New Appointments for Several Days.

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Kaseya Managed to Obtain the Universal Decryptor After the REvil Ransomware Attack

The Universal Decryptor Will Allow Victims of the REvil Ransomware Attack to Recover Their Files for Free.

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Campbell Data Breach Leads to Private Information Exposure

Law U.S. Company Campbell Conroy & O’Neil, P.C. Announced in a Press Release a Ransomware Attack that Targeted Its Clients in February 2021.

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Social Security Numbers Exposed Following Tulsa Ransomware Attack

The Social Security Numbers Were Included in Online Police Reports Submitted Between January 1st, 2015 – May 6th, 2021.

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White House Announces Ransomware Task Force

In the Past Seven Months, the Surge of Ransomware Attacks Has Shut Down Large Sectors of the American Economy, with Threat Actors Taking Advantage of Poorly Implemented Security Measures.

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Ransomware Campaign Poses a Threat to EOL 8.x Firmware: SonicWall Security Notification Released

New SonicWall Security Notification Points Out to a Ransomware Risk that Targets Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series and Secure Remote Access (SRA) Devices.

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Swiss Consumer Outlet Comparis Hit with Ransomware Attack

A $400,000 Ransom Was Demanded to Restore the Company’s Systems.

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A Fake Kaseya Security Update Is 'Backdooring' Networks Using Cobalt Strike

The Malicious Actors Are Pushing Cobalt Strike Payloads Disguised as Kaseya VSA Security Updates.

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Officials Confirm No Data Have Been Compromised in the Wiregrass Electric Cooperative Attack

The Incident Comes in the Wake of Numerous Ransomware Attacks That Have Shut Down Large Sectors of the American Economy.

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Sensitive Data Might Have Been Subject to Public Exposure Following Ransomware Attack

An Washington State Department of Labor and Industries’ File Shared with PMR Containing Customer Sensitive Data Was Targeted by a Ransomware Attack.

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WSSC Water Hit with Ransomware Attack

The U.S. Water Company Is Currently Investigating A Ransomware Attack That Affected Non-Essential Business Systems in May.

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Revil Ransomware Attacked When Kaseya Was Fixing the Zero-Day Vulnerability

A Massive REvil Ransomware Attack Managed to Affect Multiple Managed Service Providers Through the Kaseya Supply-Chain Attack. The Attackers Are Asking for a Ransom of $70 Million in Bitcoin.

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Hades Ransomware Gang Claims More Victims

The Ransomware Group, Which Mainly Targets Billion-Dollar Companies, Has Claimed to Have Hit At Least Seven Victims Since Its Discovery in December 2020.

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Expenses from Ransomware Attack Against Ireland Health Service Executive Exceed $600M

Following a Ransomware Attack that Occurred in May, Much of the Ireland Health Service Executive (HSE) Is Still Facing Care Disruptions.

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Hive Ransomware Gang Targets Software Provider Altus Group

The Exfiltrated Files Published on HiveLeaks Include Business Data and Documents, Argus Certificates, and Development Files.

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SEPA Cyberattack Full Recovery Could Take Years

The Agency Was Locked Out of Its Network on Christmas Eve After Falling Victim to Conti Ransomware Gang, and Has Been in Recovery Mode Ever Since.

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​Ever101 Ransomware Payment Traced to A Sensual Massage Website

The Threat Actors Used the Tip Jar Feature to Launder the Ransom by Making It Look Like A Tip to A Masseuse.

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Georgia-based Fertility Clinic Hit with Ransomware Attack

Fertility Clinic Representatives Say Names, Social Security Numbers, Laboratory Results, and Other Private Data May Have Been Compromised.

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Data Leak Marketplace Is Pressuring Victims

Marketo Data Theft Marketplace Started to Email the Victims’ Competitors in an Attempt to Offer Samples of The Stolen Data And Entice Them Into Purchasing It.

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A Massive Data Breach Hit Carnival Cruise

The Largest Ship Operator Issued a Data Misuse Risk Warning.

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The Tyler Technology Ransomware Attack Overview

How the Tyler Technology Ransomware Attack Could’ve Affected a Large Number of Industries. Who Was Behind the Attack?

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Heimdal Case Files: The Honda Ransomware Attack

How Did the Ransomware Attack on Honda Happen? Who Was Behind the Honda Ransomware Attack?

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G7 Demands Russia to Hedge Against Domestic Ransomware Gangs

On Sunday, G7 Leaders Urged Russia Take Action Against Threat Actors Conducting Cyberattacks and Using Ransomware from Within Its Borders.

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Business Closed and Decryption Keys Released: Avaddon Ransomware Group Is Gone

2934 Decryption Keys Were Released and Sent to Bleeping Computers by Avaddon Ransomware Group after Shutting Down Business.

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Ransomware Attack Hits Foodservice Distributor Edward Don

The Attack Forced the Company to Shut Down Some of Its Operations to Prevent the Infection’s Spread.

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Canadian Cyberattacks in 2020: Most Organizations in Canada Affected

Work from Home Led to Security Threats: 2020 Canadian Cyberattacks Had a Great Impact on Companies.

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A New Ransomware Group Claims it Breached Over 30 Organizations

Prometheus Ransomware, An Emerging Ransomware Operation Declared to Have Breached a Large Number of Companies.

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Meatpacking Organization JBS Pays $11 Million to REvil Ransomware Hackers

JBS Paid the Ransom in Cryptocurrency to Avert Further Disruptions.

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Cox Media Group Hit by Cyberattack

Streaming and Other Internal Operations of Dozens of Radio and Television Stations Were Crippled in A Suspected Ransomware Attack.

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Ragnar Locker Ransomware Hits Electronics Maker ADATA

The Threat Actors Claim They Have Stolen 1.5TB Of Sensitive Data from the Company’s Network Before Deploying the Ransomware Payloads.

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US Truck and Military Vehicle Producer Navistar Reveals it Has Been Affected by Cyberattack

The Company Stated that it Received a Claim that Data Had Been Stolen from Its IT System.

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Ransomware Attacks to Be Treated with Similar Priority as Terrorism, DOJ Announces

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Recent Wave of Ransomware Attacks Was Similar to What the U.S. Faced After 9/11.

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New Evil Corp Ransomware Bypasses OFAC Sanctions by Mimicking PayloadBin Gang

PayloadBIN Has Been Linked to the Evil Corp Cybercrime Gang Who Uses It to Avoid Sanctions Imposed by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

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UF Health Central Florida Affected by Ransomware Attack

Following the Attack, they Close Down Parts of their Networks to Avert Further Damage to their Organization.

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REvil Ransomware Responsible for the JBS Attack, FBI Says

The Agency Revealed in A Statement That It Is Working to Bring the Threat Actors to Justice.

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World’s Largest Meat Processing Company JBS Hit by Cyberattack

It Is Believed that Russian Threat Actors Are Behind the JBS Ransomware Attack.

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Zeppelin Ransomware Group Is Back in Business After a Temporary Break

Researchers Say that the Newest Zeppelin Ransomware Version Comes with a Price Tag of $2,300 per Core Build.

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Healthcare Organizations Are the New Targets of Ransomware Attacks

IT Systems from Ireland and New Zealand Were the Latest Victims of Ransomware Attacks.

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Phishing Attack Has Targeted Domain Group Site Users

A Scam that Used a Phishing Attack to Gain Access to Domain’s Administrative Systems Was Identified.

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A New Report Shows that 6 Ransomware Gangs Impacted More than 290 Companies in 2021

The Attacks We See in the News Are Only a Small Piece of the Real Number of Victims, According to the Report.

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DarkSide Ransomware Gang Made $90 Million in Bitcoin Ransom Payments from 47 Victims, a New Study Shows

The Gang Ceased Its Operations Last Week After Its Bitcoin Wallet Was Emptied.

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Toshiba Unit Fell Victim to a DarkSide Ransomware Attack

It Is Not Yet Confirmed Whether Client-related Data Was Leaked Externally.

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Darkside Ransomware Operations Have Shut Down After Reports of Their Servers Being Seized

Darkside Ransomware Operations Have Allegedly Been Shut Down After a Server Take Over.

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Ireland’s Health Services Hit By a Ransomware Attack

The HSE Is Refusing To Pay a $20 Million Ransom Demand To the Conti Ransomware Gang.

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Avaddon Ransomware Hits Insurance Giant AXA

The French Insurer Revealed That One of Its Asian Subsidiaries Was Hit by A Ransomware Attack Over the Weekend, After Dropping Support for Ransom Payments.

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Finastra Ransomware Attack

An In-Depth Look at the Situation. How Did Finastra Survive the Attack Without Paying?

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Everything You Need to Know About the WestRock Ransomware Attack

Stages and Data to Date. How Attacks on Operational Technology Became the Next Cyber Boundary.

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Blackbaud Ransomware Attack 101

How the Attack Affected a Large Number of Industries. What do You need to Know About It?

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