A new paper on Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators by Advanced Intelligence begins: Just about one year ago, the makers of the infamous GandCrab ransomware announced their retirement, having reportedly earned an astonishing $2 billion since their entry into the ransomware market in January 2018. The vacuum was quickly filled, however. Forensic and malware evidence...

Samantha Butler-Hassan reports: Kingston’s Royal Military College is one of four military training schools in Canada targeted in a mysterious cyber attack. Discovered on the morning of Friday, Jul. 3, 2020, the attack has temporarily disabled the University’s online network. “It looks like all their core systems got hit,” said David Skillicorn, a professor...

Maggie Miller reports: President Trump on Friday confirmed for the first time that the U.S. launched a cyberattack on the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) in 2018. Trump confirmed the attack in a two-part interview with The Washington Post’s Marc Thiessen. When asked whether the U.S. had launched an attack on the IRA — a troll farm that...

Tony Webster reports on how the “BlueLeaks” dump of a hack at Netsential, is impacting Minnesota law enforcement: A trove of Minnesota law enforcement data was published online after hackers broke into the servers of a vendor of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office. The sensitive information includes details...

Farouk Arnaz and Heru Andriyanto report on an incident in Indonesia: A man who works at the customer service unit of state-owned telecommunication company Telkomsel was arrested for allegedly stealing personal data of social media sensation Denny Siregar, police said on Friday. The suspect is identified by initials F.P.H., 27, who works at Telkomsel’s Grapari...

Ivan Mehta reports: Google-backed Indian hyperlocal delivery service Dunzo said it suffered a data breach that left customer data including email IDs and phone numbers exposed. Dunzo provides pick up and deliver services in over seven cities in India. Read more on The Next Web.