Malware

Conti-based ransomware ‘MeowCorp’ gets free decryptor

Ionut Ilascu reports: A decryption tool for a modified version of the Conti ransomware could help hundreds of victims recover their files for free. The utility works with data encrypted with a strain of the ransomware that emerged after the source code for Conti was leaked last year in March . Researchers at cybersecurity company...

BianLian Ransomware Pivots From Encryption to Pure Data-Theft Extortion

Elizabeth Montalbano reports: The BianLian ransomware group is ramping up its operations and maturing as a business, moving more swiftly than ever to compromise systems. It’s also moving away from encryption to pure data-theft extortion tactics, in cyberattacks that have so far bagged at least 116 victims, researchers have found. BianLian, first discovered last July, hasn’t deviated...

Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP)

The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), which President Biden signed into law in March 2022, required CISA to establish the RVWP (see Section 105 ). ALERT CISA Announces Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot Release Date March 13, 2023 Today, CISA is announcing the creation of the Ransomware Vulnerability...

Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center averts catastrophe from cyberattack

They could have headlined this story as “Good security practices pay off.” Michael P. Buffer reports: A cyber attack on a server at the Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center was discovered Wednesday, and antivirus and backup procedures “prevented a catastrophe” and “a lot of problems,” Administrative Director Anthony C. Guariglia said Thursday. The regional...

Weekend update: Non-US hospitals hit by cyberattacks

  Belgium:  CHU St. Pierre Cyberattack DHnet in Belgium reports that Saint-Pierre hospital in central Brussels temporarily closed its emergency room and diverted line 112 to other institutions due to a cyberattack early Saturday morning.  The attack reportedly disrupted the functioning of many applications, including patient records and telephone lines. By 5:00 pm Brussels...