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The Week in Ransomware – April 30th 2021 – Attacks Escalate

Ransomware gangs continue to target organizations large and small, including a brazen attack on the Washington DC police department. […]

30 Apr

First Horizon bank online accounts hacked to steal customers’ funds

Bank holding company First Horizon Corporation disclosed the some of its customers had their online banking accounts breached by unknown attackers earlier this month. […]

30 Apr

Babuk quits ransomware encryption, focuses on data-theft extortion

A new message today from the operators of Babuk ransomware clarifies that the gang has decided to close the affiliate program and move to an extortion model that does not rely on encrypting victim computers. […]

29 Apr

Microsoft finds critical code execution bugs in IoT, OT devices

Microsoft security researchers have discovered over two dozen critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices and Operational Technology (OT) industrial systems. […]

29 Apr

New ransomware group uses SonicWall zero-day to breach networks

A financially motivated threat actor exploited a zero-day bug in Sonicwall SMA 100 Series VPN appliances to deploy new ransomware known as FiveHands on the networks of North American and European targets. […]

29 Apr

QNAP warns of AgeLocker ransomware attacks on NAS devices

QNAP customers are once again urged to secure their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to defend against Agelocker ransomware attacks targeting their data. […]

29 Apr

Babuk ransomware readies ‘shut down’ post, plans to open source malware

After just a few months of activity, the operators of Babuk ransomware briefly posted a short message about their intention to quit the extortion business after having achieved their goal. […]

28 Apr

DigitalOcean data breach exposes customer billing information

Cloud hosting provider DigitalOcean has disclosed a data breach after a flaw exposed customers’ billing information. […]

28 Apr

Fourth time’s a charm – OGUsers hacking forum hacked again

Popular hacking forum OGUsers has been hacked for its fourth time in two years, with hackers now selling the site’s database containing user records and private messages. […]

28 Apr

New stealthy Linux malware used to backdoor systems for years

A recently discovered Linux malware with backdoor capabilities has flown under the radar for years, allowing attackers to harvest and exfiltrate sensitive information from compromised devices. […]

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The Week in Ransomware – April 30th 2021 – Attacks Escalate

First Horizon bank online accounts hacked to steal customers’ funds

Babuk quits ransomware encryption, focuses on data-theft extortion

Microsoft finds critical code execution bugs in IoT, OT devices

New ransomware group uses SonicWall zero-day to breach networks

QNAP warns of AgeLocker ransomware attacks on NAS devices

Babuk ransomware readies ‘shut down’ post, plans to open source malware

DigitalOcean data breach exposes customer billing information

Fourth time’s a charm – OGUsers hacking forum hacked again

New stealthy Linux malware used to backdoor systems for years