Tag: ransomeware
News and information from the Advent IM team.
US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The US government issued emergency legislation on Sunday after the largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack. read via BBC News.
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UK rail network Merseyrail likely hit by Lockbit ransomware
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
UK rail network Merseyrail has confirmed a cyberattack after a ransomware gang used their email system to email employees and journalists about the attack. Merseyrail is a UK rail network that provides train service through sixty-eight stations in the Liverpool City Region in England. Read via Bleeping Computer.
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Ryuk ransomware develops worm-like capabilities, France warns
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A new sample of Ryuk ransomware appears to have worm-like capabilities, according to an analysis from the French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI), France’s national cybersecurity agency. read via CyberScoop.
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Over half of UK firms hit with phishing attacks, over a third suffered ransomware during pandemic
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
UK firms believe cyberattacks escalated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read via ItProPortal.
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Ransomware Attack at US Power Station
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A Massachusetts power station hit by ransomware is refusing to meet attackers’ financial demands. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Tracking the threat actors: NCSC’s Eleanor Fairford on the evolving menace to the UK’s critical infrastructure
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
‘We’re seeing ransomware increasingly deployed against utility providers, law enforcement and emergency response units Read Via Computing.co.uk.
Read MoreRansomware – the background and what you need to know
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A blog post from one of our Security Consultants, Del Brazil. Ransomware first appeared in the early part of latter 20th Century, with the first reported version being the AIDS Trojan Horse which was created and released in the USA. Since then the development has rapidly increased, resulting in over 250,000 variants of Ransomware identified […]
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