The files reportedly appeared on a website run by a group known for using DoppelPaymer ransomware, which encrypts files with a promise to return control to the original owner once demands are met.

Attackers are compromising email accounts from popular universities, including Purdue, Stanford, and Oxford, to launch attacks that get around email security technologies such as DMARC and SPF.

The cyberattack impacted networks at seven hospitals and health care centers, including three New York hospitals, three Vermont hospitals, and one Vermont hospice center.

The party noticed the suspicious activity on October 22 and contacted the FBI on Friday, said Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt. Hitt said the FBI is currently investigating the matter.

Sweden’s leading security firm Gunnebo AB suffered a ransomware attack, and the hackers have posted the stolen data on the dark web. Reportedly, the company’s servers were compromised in August 2020.

According to a report published by Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI), Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization.

Today, multiple reports have emerged from Home Depot customers in Canada stating that the company had sent them hundreds of emails containing order information of strangers.

A dashboard for one of the app’s databases was exposed to the internet without a password, allowing anyone to read, browse and search the database — including private user data.

Ransomware attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality for hospitals just as COVID-19 has forced many to spread themselves thin and accelerated the adoption of virtual care.

The phishing document, which was uploaded to a free code hosting website (notabug.org), uses template injection to download and execute a remote template weaponized with a malicious macro.