Hacker Selling Data Allegedly Stolen From Volvo Cars Following Ransomware Attack
A hacker is offering to sell data allegedly stolen from Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo Cars following a ransomware attack carried out in late December.
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US. rail and locomotive company Wabtec hit with Lockbit ransomware
US. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. Wabtec Corporation is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999. It manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 6,000 horsepower. The company employs […]
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Inside a scammers’ lair: Ukraine busts 40 in fake bank call-centre raid
When someone calls you up to warn you that your bank account is under attack – it’s true, because THAT VERY PERSON is the one attacking you!
Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) shut down the mill after a ransomware attack
The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) was hit with a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) announced to have suffered a ransomware attack late on December 27, 2022, which impacted its operation. Copper Mountain’s flagship asset is the 75% owned Copper Mountain mine located in southern British Columbia near […]
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BitRAT campaign relies on stolen sensitive bank data as a lure
Experts warn of a new malware campaign using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure to spread the remote access trojan BitRAT. Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing messages. BitRAT is a relatively new […]
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Ransomware Attack Forces Canadian Mining Company to Shut Down Mill
Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) last week shut down its mill after falling victim to a ransomware attack.
Listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the firm owns most of the Copper Mountain mine. Located in southern British Columbia, the…
Ransomware attacks hit 105 US local governments in 2022
In 2022, ransomware attacks targeted 105 state or municipal governments or agencies in the US, reads a report published by Emsisoft. According to the “The State of Ransomware in the US: Report and Statistics 2022” report published by Emsisoft, the number of ransomware attacks against government, education and healthcare sector organizations is quite similar to […]
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SecurityAffairs Top 10 cybersecurity posts of 2022
These are the most-read cybersecurity articles that have been published by SecurtiyAffairs in 2022. 1 – Russia-linked actors may be behind an explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas Russian threat actors may be behind the explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas, the incident took place on June 8. 2 […]
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Lockbit apologized for the attack on the SickKids pediatric hospital and releases a free decryptor
The LockBit ransomware group formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and gave to the victim a decryptor for free. The LockBit ransomware gang formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and has released a free decryptor for the Hospital. The group is known to […]
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 400 by Pierluigi Paganini
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Personal health information of 42M Americans leaked between 2016 and 2021 Malvertising campaign MasquerAds abuses Google […]
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