Douglas County Libraries hit by Play Ransomware Gang

Cyberattack on North Carolina county allowed hackers to access data - A cyberattack on a North Carolina county has forced officials to call in the state's national guard for assistance. In a message to residents on Tuesday, Bladen County said it became the victims of a cyberattack last week. The county - tucked in the ...
11 months ago Therecord.media

300 Strikes: Fort Worth's Battle Against the Medusa Gang - In the wake of a cyberattack on Tarrant County Appraisal District in March, the Medusa ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the hack and has threatened the public with the threat of leaking 218 GB of the stolen data unless the ransom of ...
7 months ago Cysecurity.news

Cyber attack on Washington County now considered ransomware attack - WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. - The cyber attack Washington County has been dealing with for two weeks now is a ransomware attack and the county is in active negotiations. County commissioners held an emergency meeting Tuesday afternoon to allocate hundreds ...
9 months ago Wpxi.com

Douglas County Libraries hit by Play Ransomware Gang - Actor: play ...
9 months ago Twitter.com

CISA and Fauquier County Hold K-12 Active Shooter Exercise - NOKESVILLE, Va. - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in partnership with the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office, the Fauquier County Fire Rescue System, and Fauquier County Public Schools, successfully conducted a full-scale active ...
4 months ago Cisa.gov

The Top 10 Ransomware Groups of 2023 - This article takes an in-depth look at the rise in ransomware attacks over the past year and the criminal groups driving the surge in cyber extortion. LockBit has established itself as one of the most notorious ransomware operations since emerging on ...
10 months ago Securityboulevard.com

FBI Alarmed as Ransomware Strikes 300 Victims, Critical Sectors Under Siege - There was an advisory published late on Monday about the Play ransomware gang that was put out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation together with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Australian Cyber Security Centre. The ...
10 months ago Cysecurity.news

The Week in Ransomware - Earlier this month, the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware operation suffered a five-day disruption to their Tor data leak and negotiation sites, rumored to be caused by a law enforcement action. The FBI revealed this week that they hacked the BlackCat/ALPHV ...
10 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

The Limitations of Google Play Integrity API - This overview outlines the history and use of Google Play Integrity API and highlights some limitations. We also compare and contrast Google Play Integrity API with the comprehensive mobile security offered by Approov. Google provides app attestation ...
11 months ago Securityboulevard.com

Waiting for the BlackCat rebrand - We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure, putting them further in the spotlight of the US government. While the Tor onion domain seizure was a ...
8 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

Murder suspect mistakenly released from jail after 'cybersecurity incident' - Authorities in Georgia are searching for 30-year-old murder suspect Zion River Shaka, who was mistakenly released by Clayton County authorities last week, according to ABC affiliate WSB in Atlanta. Last week, Shaka was transferred from the Fulton ...
9 months ago Abcnews.go.com

Bucks Co. emergency dispatch system down for days due to cyberattack - Law enforcement officials in Bucks County are working to restore services to its computer-aided dispatch system, or CAD system, after a cyberattack on Sunday crippled the service. County officials said 9-1-1 services remain operational and first ...
9 months ago Nbcphiladelphia.com

Hive Ransomware: A Detailed Analysis - This past week, on January 26th, to be exact, the FBI successfully shut down the Hive ransomware group and saved victims over a hundred million dollars in ransom payments and remediation costs. As ransomware continues to be a national security threat ...
1 year ago Heimdalsecurity.com

Play Ransomware Has Hit 300 Entities Worldwide: FBI - The Play ransomware group, which was behind such high-profile attacks as those on the city of Oakland, California, and Dallas County, Texas, is behind at least 300 similar cyber-incidents since June 2022, according to government cybersecurity ...
11 months ago Securityboulevard.com

Detroit-area government services impacted by cyberattack - Corrections officers within the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office have struggled to process inmates, the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office has had issues collecting taxes online and the Wayne County Register of Deeds Office closed early on Wednesday, ...
1 month ago Therecord.media

Ransomware Roundup - The Ransomware Roundup report aims to provide readers with brief insights into the evolving ransomware landscape and the Fortinet solutions that protect against those variants. This edition of the Ransomware Roundup covers the 8base ransomware. 8base ...
10 months ago Feeds.fortinet.com

Medusa Ransomware Turning Your Files into Stone - Unit 42 Threat Intelligence analysts have noticed an escalation in Medusa ransomware activities and a shift in tactics toward extortion, characterized by the introduction in early 2023 of their dedicated leak site called the Medusa Blog. The Unit 42 ...
10 months ago Unit42.paloaltonetworks.com

Municipalities Face a Constant Battle as Ransomware Snowballs - Municipalities in the United States, and globally, are experiencing a fresh wave of ransomware attacks, with even big cities like Dallas falling to the gangs' activities. In a prime example of the trend, on Nov. 7, the Play ransomware gang posted ...
11 months ago Darkreading.com

The Week in Ransomware - Governments struck back this week against members of ransomware operations, imposing sanctions on one threat actor and sentencing another to prison. On Tuesday, the Australian, US, and UK governments announced sanctions against Aleksandr Gennadievich ...
9 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

Ransomware trends and recovery strategies companies should know - Ransomware attacks can have severe consequences, causing financial losses, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. The methods used to deliver ransomware vary, including phishing emails, malicious websites, and exploiting vulnerabilities in ...
11 months ago Helpnetsecurity.com

Orange County DA's Office hit by computer breach; communications system taken down - The Orange County District Attorney's Office information technology system was hacked over the weekend, prompting the agency to shut down portions of the system while it investigates the extent of the damage, a spokesperson said Monday, Oct. 23. ...
11 months ago Ocregister.com

How ransomware gangs are engaging - As ransomware gangs continue to market themselves as legitimate businesses complete with customer service representatives, new research from Sophos showed that threat actors are expanding public relations efforts to further pressure victims into ...
11 months ago Techtarget.com

The Week in Ransomware - Today's column brings you two weeks of information on the latest ransomware attacks and research after we skipped last week's article. BleepingComputer has learned that some of the BlackCat/ALPHV affiliates are not buying the explanation and have ...
11 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

The Week in Ransomware - This week was pretty quiet on the ransomware front, with most of the attention on the seizure of the BreachForums data theft forum. That does not mean there was nothing of interest released this week about ransomware. A report by CISA said that the ...
6 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com

The Week in Ransomware - An international law enforcement operation claims to have dismantled a ransomware affiliate operation in Ukraine, which was responsible for attacks on organizations in 71 countries. The threat actors are said to be affiliates of numerous ransomware ...
11 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com