Pandora cybercrime gang took responsibility for the ransomware attack on automotive supplier Denso and threatened to leak 1.4 terabytes of stolen data. Attack occurred hot on the heels of another compromise on Bridgestone.
Gaming chipmaker Nvidia said hackers started releasing information stolen in the February massive data leak, but no evidence suggests it was a Russian-sponsored ransomware attack.
BlackByte ransomware group attacked organizations in at least three critical infrastructure sectors and multiple foreign and U.S. Businesses, according to the FBI and U.S. Secret Service. San Francisco 49ers also suffered ransomware attack.
KP Snacks notified its partners to expect supply chain problems after a ransomware attack encrypted its IT systems, preventing order placement and shipment of deliveries.
Lapsus$ cybercrime gang claimed responsibility for the Impresa group ransomware attack by defacing the media company’s website and tweeting from its verified Twitter account.
Natural gas supplier Superior Plus suffered a ransomware attack that knocked its systems offline although customer safety and security and personal data were not affected.
Brazil's Health Ministry is looking at extended downtime for the system that processes Covid-19 vaccination data as it attempts to recover from two ransomware attacks that came just four days apart.
Kronos, a payroll provider known to be used by several thousand companies ranging from Tesla to National Public Radio (NPR), had its Private Cloud service go offline due to a ransomware attack. There is speculation that the Log4Shell vulnerability was involved.
Since ransomware attacks have evolved from a ‘spray and pray’ tactic to a meticulously planned event, businesses need to be better prepared. What is the missing link that can nudge a novice business towards becoming a cybersecurity grandmaster with foresight and adequate visibility across security vulnerabilities?
Some threat actors are still willing to take whatever opportunities they can find. A recent ransomware attack on the developing and mostly-rural Papua New Guinea illustrates this.
