IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Data Center Knowledge

What happens when a data center ransomware attack costs you everything? Lesson from the CloudNordic and Azero ransomware attacks.

The Hacker News

Threat actors are exploiting poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers to deliver Cobalt Strike and a ransomware strain called FreeWorld.

ABC27

… Area School District, the school was notified by federal government officials that its internet system has been infiltrated with ransomware.

Axios

The big picture: Ransomware gangs will often wait until the weekends or after normal business hours to deploy their file-encrypting malware that locks …

SC Magazine

Ransomware was claimed by the sources to have been distributed through on-premise LogicMonitor Collector sensors, with attackers locally executing …

Dark Reading

ransomware text with key, computer code and a skull … using brute-force attacks to deliver ransomware and Cobalt Strike payloads.

NDTV

Ransomware attacks are so-called because the hackers behind them encrypt vital data and demand a ransom in order to get the information decrypted.

The Record by Recorded Future

A school district in Pennsylvania kept its doors open on Friday despite announcing a ransomware attack that caused disruptions to its computer …

The Record by Recorded Future

Ransomware campaigns are using internet-exposed Microsoft SQL databases as a beachhead to launch attacks on victim systems, according to …

CSO Online

Poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) servers have become a favorite target for many groups of attackers including ransomware gangs.