April 26, 2022

New Black Basta ransomware gang attacks the American Dental Association

On Friday 22nd of April 2022, American Dental Association (ADA) suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in ADA having to take their affected systems offline, which disrupted various online services, telephones, email, and webchat. It has been detailed in an email sent to ADA members, that soon after the discovery of the attack, ADA immediately responded to the incident by […]
April 21, 2022

FBI releases flash alert against the BlackCat ransomware gang

On Tuesday 19th of April 2022, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:WHITE flash alert which revealed the BlackCat ransomware gang, also known as ALPHV, has breached the networks of at least 60 organizations worldwide as of March 2022. The FBI also stated the BlackCat ransomware gang has been the first ransomware group to have […]
April 20, 2022

FBI releases warning around ransomware attacks targeting US agriculture sector

On Wednesday 20th of April 2022, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:WHITE Private Industry Notification which warned the Food and Agriculture (FA) sector organizations that ransomware actors are likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical periods like the planting and harvest seasons which may cause disruptions to operations and therefore cause financial loss and […]
April 18, 2022

Kaspersky add new support to their free RannohDecryptor utility which allows for the decryption of files encrypted by the Yanluowang ransomware strain

On Monday 18th of April 2022, Kaspersky, a Russian cybersecurity firm announced that they had found a vulnerability in Yanluowang ransomware’s encryption algorithm, which makes it possible to recover files it encrypts. Kaspersky has stated they’ve added support for decrypting files locked by the Yanluowang ransomware strain to their free RannohDecryptor utility.  Yanluowang ransomware strain has been observed to encrypt […]
March 22, 2022

IT systems of top Russian meat producer, Miratorg encrypted by threat actors using the Windows BitLocker feature

On Thursday 17th of March 2022, an announcement by Rosselkhoznadzor, the Russian federal veterinary and phytosanitary supervision service revealed that Miratorg Agribusiness Holding, Moscow-based meat producer and distributor has experienced a cyberattack which resulted in their IT systems being encrypted using the Windows BitLocker feature to encrypt files and therefore having a similar impact of a ransomware attack. Rosselkhoznadzor stated […]
March 22, 2022

Greece’s state-own provider of postal services brought offline due to ransomware attack

On Sunday 20th of March 2022, ELTA, the state-owned provider of postal services in Greece suffered ransomware attack which has resulted in most of the organization’s services being taken offline. ELTA disclosed the incident on Monday 21st of March 2022 where they stated the cause of the disruption to their services was in response to a cyber-attack that occurred on […]
March 21, 2022

RansomExx ransomware group conducts ransomware attack against the Scottish Association for Mental Health

On Thursday 17th of March 2022, Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH), a Scottish mental health charity suffered a ransomware attack which resulted in their email system at both national and local offices being affected as well as some of their phone lines being taken down. In an announcement on Monday 21st March 2022, Chief Executive Billy Watson released an […]
March 9, 2022

Updated Conti ransomware alert by CISA announce Conti’s involvement in over 1000 attacks

On Wednesday 9th of March 2022, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the United States Secret Service (USSS) have re-released an advisory on Conti ransomware. The initial advisory was released on Wednesday 22nd of September 2021 and stated that they had observed Conti ransomware being used in more than 400 attacks on U.S. […]
March 7, 2022

FBI releases flash alert against RagnarLocker ransomware

On Monday 7th of March 2022, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:WHITE flash alert revealed that RagnarLocker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors. These affected sectors include “entities in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors”. This flash alert was […]
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