December 16, 2021

IT systems of McMenamins taken down after Conti ransomware gang

On Sunday 12th of December 2021, McMenamins, a popular chain of restaurants, pubs, breweries, and hotels located in Oregon and Washington experienced a ransomware that resulted in McMenamins being forced to shut down their IT systems, credit card point-of-sale systems, and corporate email to prevent the further spread of the attack. Although their IT systems were shut down, McMenamins hasn’t been forced […]
December 3, 2021

FBI releases flash alert against the Cuba ransomware gang

On Thursday 2nd of December 2021, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:WHITE flash alert which revealed the Cuba ransomware gang have compromised at least 49 organizations in five critical infrastructure sectors, including the financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology sectors. The FBI also revealed that the Cuba ransomware variant is commonly distributed through […]
November 30, 2021

FBI name known affiliate of REvil ransomware gang in court documents that revealed they had seized $2.3 million in Bitcoins

On Tuesday 30th of November 2021, the FBI revealed they had seized $2.3 million in Bitcoins on August 3rd, 2021, from a well-known REvil and GandCrab ransomware affiliate Aleksandr Sikerin, in a “complaint for forfeiture” court documents that were filed. The FBI didn’t disclose how they had gained access to the Exodus wallet where the 39.89138522 Bitcoins were originally being […]
November 25, 2021

Singapore offshore vessel operator, Swire Pacific Offshore experiences ransomware attack by CL0P ransomware group

On Thursday 25th of November 2021, Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), a Singapore offshore vessel operator confirmed they had suffered a cyber-attack might have resulted in the loss of confidential proprietary commercial information and personal information. They have not disclosed any specifics of the attack but the ransomware group, CL0P have released a listing on their leak blog where they have claimed […]
November 24, 2021

The National Privacy Commission in the Philippines announces that S&R Membership Shopping suffered a ransomware attack

On Wednesday 24th of November 2021, S&R Membership Shopping, a membership-only retail warehouse club chain in the Philippines announced they had suffered a ransomware attack which resulted in data being compromised. The announcement was made via the National Privacy Commission in the Philippines when the Commission was informed of the extent of the compromised data. The National Privacy Commission revealed they […]
November 24, 2021

Lewis & Clark Community College Campuses in Illinois shutdown due to ransomware attack

On Wednesday 24th of November 2021, Lewis and Clark Community College, a public community college in Godfrey, Illinois announced that they had experienced a ransomware attack late on Tuesday 23rd which resulted in all of Lewis and Clark campuses having to be shut down on Wednesday 24th to prevent further spreading of the ransomware. The announcement came in the form of […]
November 15, 2021

Israeli organisations are being targeted and disrupted by Moses Staff with ransomless encryptions

In the recent weeks, a new hacker group called Moses Staff has been recently claiming responsibility for multiple attacks against Israeli entities, where they have gaining access to networks and systems owned by Israeli organisations and encrypt the files on the systems before leaking copies of the stolen files to the public. Based on the attacks that they have conducted […]
November 12, 2021

Customers urged to change passwords after German medical software vendor Medatixx experiences ransomware attack

On Friday 12th of November 2021, Medatixx, a German medical software vendor who provides medical software to over 21,000 health institutions, announced they had experienced a ransomware attack which has led to their operations being shut down. Shortly after the attack, they urged their customers and users to change their application passwords and passwords to all their workstations and servers […]
November 9, 2021

Europe’s largest consumer electronics retailer, MediaMarkt suffers ransomware attack

On Monday 8th of November 2021, MediaMarkt, Europe’s largest consumer electronics retailer experienced a ransomware attack which has led to IT systems being shut down and disrupts to stores in Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. No ransomware gang has been named yet. Although a MediaMarkt spokesperson has confirmed that the company had been hit by a cyber-attack on the morning […]