January 14, 2022

German defense contractor, Hensoldt confirms ransomware attack by Lorenz ransomware group

Early this week, Hensoldt, a multinational defense contractor based in Germany confirmed that it experienced a ransomware attack back in December 2021 where some of their UK subsidiary’s systems were compromised. Currently, no public announcement has been made regarding the incident but the ransomware group who are responsible for the incident is the Lorenz ransomware group who claimed responsible on […]
January 10, 2022

Ransomware attack against FinalSite results in thousands of schools being impacted

On Tuesday 4th of January 2022, FinalSite, a leading school website services provider who provides solutions to over 8,000 schools and universities across 115 different countries suffered a ransomware attack which resulted in websites and critical messaging services hosted by FinalSite being brought down. “This impact may include, but is not limited to, Groups Manager, Constituent Manager, Login, Forms Manager (old), […]
January 7, 2022

FBI release flash alert against FIN7’s use of BadUSB devices to deploy ransomware

Recently the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a flash alert about the financially motivated cybercrime group FIN7 that has been targeting the US companies over the past few months with packages containing malicious USB devices to deploy ransomware. Since August, FBI has been getting reports that have detailed how FIN7 has been impersonating Amazon and the US Department […]
January 3, 2022

Portugal’s largest media conglomerate, Impresa attacked by Lapsus$ ransomware gang

Over the New Year Holiday, Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal and the owner of SIC and Expresso, the country’s largest TV channel and weekly newspaper was hit ransomware which targeted their online IT server infrastructure. This incident resulted in the 2ebsites for the Impressa group, Expresso, and all the SIC TV channels being taken offline as well as […]