Cyber Criminals Breach the HBO Empire Recently, hackers leaked HBO television scripts and corporate emails. Although, they claim to have breached over a terabyte of data, they have only leaked 800 megabytes of it. The cyber criminal(s) going by Kind Mr. Smith, stated it took about six months to breach the network. Therefore, they are […]
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We’ve recently been covering scripting attacks in more detail on the Malware Research blog. These types of attacks have the ability to be completely fileless, as explained in a previous post. However, scripts also sometimes do come in files or accompany file-based malware. The new strain of Spora malware does just this. It uses a
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Cerber is now draining bitcoin wallets, on top of encrypting files Cerber, a ransomware variant that has been notorious for making alterations to its malware to worsen the impact, has done it again. Now the ransomware variant is targeting bitcoin wallets. Once infected with Cerber, the malware will search the user’s device for different files
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Aftermath of South Dakota Medical Facility Ransomware Attack In February of 2017, Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota was hit with a ransomware attack. The malware left medical records encrypted, completely unavailable to staff. The medical facility reached out to third-party investigators for assistance. However, in April, all evidence was lost. Therefore, it is unclear
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SMBs Struggle to Defend Against Cyber Threats In a recent report featured by Tech Republic, 35% of SMBs were hit with ransomware in the last year. Out of those impacted, 22% had to completely cease business operations to attempt to remediate the issue. But for how long? Over half of the attacks that resulted in
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Pennsylvania Ransomware Attack Leads to Significant Breach An unknown ransomware variant hit the Women’s Health Group, located in Pennsylvania. The ransomware hit impacted 45 offices. However, officials reported the encrypted data was restored through the backup system. The ransomware attack also lead to a significant security breach, impacting approximately 300,000 patient files. The information breached
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Money Wasn’t Their End-Game… Combined, WannaCry and NotPetya, the two global attacks that hit the world in the last 90 days, received payouts of approximately $150,000 USD. To some it may sound like a lot – but to cyber criminals, that’s nothing. WannaCry and NotPetya were not in corrupting company data with the end goal
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Breach discovered during ransomware investigation… The Peachtree Neurological Clinic, located in Atlanta, Georgia was hit with ransomware. The clinic is not disclosing when the attack took place. However, they did report not paying the ransom demand and restoring the files internally. Although, throughout the investigation and remediation process, the medical facility learned of a security breach.
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Impact Still Felt, A Month After Ransomware Attack KQED, the largest radio station in San Francisco is still struggling to get back to day-to-day operations after ransomware took down their computers in mid-June. Tech Talk first reported the attack on June 17th, just two days after the ransomware hit. The station’s streaming services were pushed
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Caro Medical Facilities Paralyzed by Ransomware Three medical facilities, all tied to the Caro Community Hospital were infected with ransomware on July 5, 2017. According to WNEM, the Caro Community Hospital, Caro Medical Clinic and the Caro Quick Care were impacted by the ransomware that hit the Caro Community Hospital’s database. Once aware of the attack,
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