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May 10, 2021

The US colonial pipeline attacked by a Ransomware

On the 8th of May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipelines in the United States, released a statement confirming they suffered a ransomware attack on the 7th of May 2021 and had taken the decision to shut down the operations in order to stop the malware being propagated to other machines on the network. The impact of the attack […]

April 28, 2021

DC Police confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang leaks confidential data

In April 2021, Metropolitan Police Department had confirmed that they experienced a cyberattack after the Babuk ransomware gang leaked screenshots of data they had stolen from the department. The DC Police stated that they are aware of a breached server and that the FBI is investigating the matter. “We are aware of unauthorized access on our server. While we determine […]

April 20, 2021

REvil extorted Apple – $50 Million Ransom demanded

Quanta Computer which is one of the leading notebook manufacturers and one of the business partners with Apple recently have been attacked by REvil ransomware group during April 2021. Quanta is a Taiwan based manufacturer that has a long list of high-profile customers, including Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Alienware, Lenovo, Cisco, and Microsoft. They are also responsible for the manufacture of […]

April 12, 2021

Ireland’s health service forced to drop up to 80% of appointment due to Conti ransomware attack

On the 14th of March 2021, Health Service Executive of Ireland, which is responsible for the provision of health and personal social services in the Republic of Ireland had to take all its IT systems offline after experiencing a Conti ransomware attack early in the morning that left Ireland’s health system paralyzed as up to 80% of appointments had to […]

March 26, 2021

Insurance companies becoming a common target – CNA Ransomware Attack

In March 2021, one of the biggest Insurance companies in the US, CNA suffered a ransomware attack from the ransomware, Phoenix CryptoLocker that has possible links to the Evil Corp hacking group. The company’s overall services and business was impacted which led to network disruption and impacting certain systems in the CNA environment. It is said that more than ten […]

March 20, 2021

REvil ransomware attack hits Computer giant Acer hit for $50 million

On the 18th of March 2021, the infamous ransomware gang, REvil announced on their data leak site that they had breached Acer. The group also provided evidence of the attack by publishing images of allegedly stolen files, these documents included financial spreadsheets, bank balances, and bank communications. The threat actors are demanding for $50,000,000, according to BleepingComputer, which is the […]

March 18, 2021

DoppelPaymer ransomware group demands $20 Million from Kia Motors America

On February 13th, 2021, Kia Motors America experienced a ransomware attack by the DoppelPaymer ransomware group which led to outages over their nationwide network. The effect of the attack was noticed when customers discovered the Kia Owners Portal was offline and displayed an error message that said: “We are currently experiencing an IT service outage that has impacted some […]

December 15, 2020

The Role of Admin Credentials in the SolarWinds Attack

I wanted to share my thoughts on the SolarWinds attack that has been used to target government agencies as well as other private/public companies. FireEye has an excellent write-up ( Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain to CompromiseMultiple Global Victims With SUNBURST Backdoor ) and I encourage everyone to read it to familiarize yourself with the exploit and attack paths. […]

July 6, 2020

Capcom hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware with 1TB of data stolen

On 2nd of November, Japanese game developer Capcom experienced a ransomware attack where the company had to shut down portions of their corporate network to prevent the spread of the attack and threat actors claim to have stolen 1TB of sensitive data from their corporate networks in the US, Japan, and Canada. At the time of compromise, Capcom displayed notices […]

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Key findings and full report from the 6th year of the Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme.

The US colonial pipeline attacked by a Ransomware

DC Police confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang leaks confidential data

REvil extorted Apple – $50 Million Ransom demanded

Ireland’s health service forced to drop up to 80% of appointment due to Conti ransomware attack

Insurance companies becoming a common target – CNA Ransomware Attack

REvil ransomware attack hits Computer giant Acer hit for $50 million

DoppelPaymer ransomware group demands $20 Million from Kia Motors America

The Role of Admin Credentials in the SolarWinds Attack

Capcom hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware with 1TB of data stolen

Collaboration can mitigate the effects of Ransomware Attacks

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