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The Week in Ransomware – December 4th 2020 – Education under attack

It has been another rough week for the enterprise and education as ransomware continues to impact business operations and shut down schools. […]

04 Dec

FBI: You may be a money mule and not even know it

The FBI has warned of an increasing number of scammers preying on unemployed Americans by trying to recruit them into their money mule schemes and use them to launder funds obtained via fraud, online scams, and other types of criminal activities. […]

04 Dec

US and Australia to develop shared cyberattack training platform

The United States and Australia have signed a first-ever bilateral agreement that allows the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and the Information Warfare Division (IWD) of the Australian Defense Force to jointly develop and share a virtual cyber training platform. […]

04 Dec

Largest global staffing agency Randstad hit by Egregor ransomware

Staffing agency Randstad NV announced today that their network was breached by the Egregor ransomware, who stole unencrypted files during the attack. […]

04 Dec

Metro Vancouver’s transit system hit by Egregor ransomware

The Egregor ransomware operation has breached Metro Vancouver’s transportation agency TransLink with the cyberattack causing disruptions in services and payment systems. […]

03 Dec

Credit card stealing malware hides in social media sharing icons

Newly discovered web skimming malware is capable of hiding in plain sight to inject payment card skimmer scripts into compromised online stores. […]

03 Dec

Kmart nationwide retailer suffers a ransomware attack

US department store retailer Kmart has suffered a ransomware attack that impacts back-end services at the company, BleepingComputer has learned. […]

03 Dec

Hacker-for-hire group develops new stealthy Windows backdoor

Kaspersky researchers discovered a previously undocumented Windows PowerShell malware dubbed PowerPepper and developed by the hacker-for-hire group DeathStalker. […]

03 Dec

Hackers target EU Commission, COVID-19 cold chain supply orgs

IBM X-Force warned of threat actors actively targeting organizations associated with the COVID-19 vaccine cold chain in a large scale spear-phishing campaign that has started three months ago, in September 2020. […]

02 Dec

HMRC phishing scam abuses mail service to bypass spam filters

Threat actors are exploiting legitimate SendGrid mailing service to send HMRC phishing emails that bypass spam filters. […]

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The Week in Ransomware – December 4th 2020 – Education under attack

FBI: You may be a money mule and not even know it

US and Australia to develop shared cyberattack training platform

Largest global staffing agency Randstad hit by Egregor ransomware

Metro Vancouver’s transit system hit by Egregor ransomware

Credit card stealing malware hides in social media sharing icons

Kmart nationwide retailer suffers a ransomware attack

Hacker-for-hire group develops new stealthy Windows backdoor

Hackers target EU Commission, COVID-19 cold chain supply orgs

HMRC phishing scam abuses mail service to bypass spam filters