Kettering Health reported an apparent ransomware attack May 20 that caused a systemwide outage in its western Ohio facilities. The hospital system canceled elective inpatient and outpatient procedures, and instead focused on acute care.Although Kettering did not specify ransomware in its news update, it admitted to experiencing a “cybersecurity incident” caused by unauthorized access to...Read More

International cops working with Microsoft have shut down infrastructure and seized web domains used to run a distribution service for info-stealing malware Lumma. Criminals paid $250 to $1,000 a month to get access to the infostealer. Lumma is a popular malware variant first noticed in 2022. It’s been used by Scattered Spider, a slew of...Read More

A “small percentage” of data stored on a council’s education network, including personal data, was stolen in a recent cyberattack, according to local authority bosses. On May 6, West Lothian Council experienced a “sophisticated” ransomware attack from a group of unknown cyber-assailants. This led to the authority’s education network being isolated from its wider systems....Read More

Coinbase says the data of nearly 70,000 customers was handed over by overseas support staff who were bribed by criminals to give up the goods. The crypto giant confirmed 69,461 users would be receiving direct communications from the company about the attack in a notification filed with Maine’s Attorney General on Tuesday. According to the...Read More

On Monday, October 16, 2023, Oleg B., a technician working at the Czech branch of aerospace and defense corporation Thales, landed at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport with colleagues to attend a professional conference. As the group prepared to head for the taxi area, they were stopped by police: Oleg B. did not know it, but special...Read More

A groundbreaking study has uncovered approximately 150,000 industrial control systems (ICS) exposed to the public internet across the globe, raising significant cybersecurity concerns for critical infrastructure worldwide. This extensive research, published in 2024, reveals that these vulnerable systems span 175 countries, with varying concentrations and protocol distributions, highlighting a widespread security issue affecting industrial operations...Read More

Getty Images Cyber criminals have stolen “personal or sensitive” data during a ransomware attack on West Lothian Council’s education network, the local authority has confirmed. The council is contacting parents or carers at every school as well as education staff to inform them of the theft and provide advice. It said most of the stolen...Read More

Disruption from the ‘highly sophisticated and targeted cyber attack’, first reported around Easter weekend, continues. British retailer Marks & Spencer estimates that a cyberattack that stopped it from processing online orders and left store shelves empty will cost it about 300 million pounds ($403m). The company said in a business update (PDF) on Wednesday that disruption from...Read More

A 3AM ransomware affiliate is conducting highly targeted attacks using email bombing and spoofed IT support calls to socially engineer employees into giving credentials for remote access to corporate systems. This tactic was previously linked to the Black Basta ransomware gang and later observed in FIN7 attacks, but its effectiveness has driven a wider adoption....Read More

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — As modern technology becomes more advanced, cybercrimes are becoming more prevalent. Families and businesses everywhere are left to keep pace so they can stay protected. Cybercrimes expert Danny Jenkens, a former ethical hacker, joined ARC Florida on Monday to talk about the latest tactics and how to stay safe....Read More