Ransomware & Extortion
SafePay Ransomware Wipes Backups First
SafePay ransomware has compromised at least 600 organizations since August 2024, and a joint advisory published on October 20 says its operators halt shadow copies and reset backup storage before they encrypt anything. The FBI, CISA and the US Secret Service wrote it together with Germany’s Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz and UK law enforcement (the National Crime…
Read MoreIDC Frontier Ransomware: One Cloud, 495 Customers
One ransomware attack on one cloud region has hit 495 companies and local governments in Japan at once. IDC Frontier, a SoftBank subsidiary, said its IDCF Cloud service was struck by ransomware on October 7 at 3:40 a.m. local time, forcing it to shut down the network and systems of its East Japan Region 1.…
Read MoreWarlock Ransomware SharePoint Attacks
Warlock ransomware SharePoint attacks have reached a water utility, a telecom provider, a regional government body and a university, according to Symantec and Carbon Black. The China-linked group still gets in through on-premises SharePoint, switches off endpoint protection on dozens of machines within about two hours, and then launches ransomware from a share that every…
Read MoreMcKesson Breach: How the Okta Vishing Attack Happened
An Okta vishing attack — a phone call, not a piece of malware — is how the extortion group ShinyHunters claims it broke into US healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson. McKesson has confirmed unauthorized access to third-party applications and data exfiltration, but has not confirmed the attack path itself: according to ShinyHunters’ own account,…
Read MoreBerlin Ransomware Attack: State Refuses to Pay
A Berlin ransomware attack has put Germany’s capital in the position every public-sector CISO dreads: a confirmed data breach, a seven-figure ransom demand, and an election three weeks away. The ransomware group Rhysida claims it stole 5.79 terabytes from Berlin’s state administrative network and is demanding 30 Bitcoin, roughly €2.05 million, with a seven-day auction…
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