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The Week In Ransomware – October 23rd 2020 – From Russia With Love This week has been busy with ransomware related news, including new charges against Russian state-sponsored hackers and numerous attacks against well-known organizations. In 2017, there was an attack utilizing the NotPetya ransomware to destroy data on systems worldwide. This week, the US govt
WastedLocker Ransomware Hits Boyne Resorts Ski Resort Operator US-based ski and golf resort operator Boyne Resorts has suffered a cyberattack by the WastedLocker operation that has impacted company-wide reservation systems. Boyne Resorts owns and operates eleven properties located in the USA and Canada and has 11,000 employees. Many of these properties are situated on well-known ski mountains,
Microsoft Adds Protection For Critical Accounts In Office 365 Microsoft is working on improving Microsoft Defender for Office 365 with priority protection features for accounts of high-profile employees like executive-level managers that threat actors target most often. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formerly known as Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection) provides Office 365 enterprise accounts with
New RAT Malware Gets Commands Via Discord, Has Ransomware Feature The new ‘Abaddon’ remote access trojan may be the first to use Discord as a full-fledged command and control server that instructs the malware on what tasks to perform on an infected PC. Even worse, a ransomware feature is being developed for the malware. Threat actors