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IIoT Chip Maker Advantech Hit By Ransomware, $12.5 Million Ransom The Conti ransomware gang hit the systems of industrial automation and Industrial IoT (IIoT) chip maker Advantech and is now demanding a $14 million ransom to decrypt affected systems and to stop leaking stolen company data. Advantech is a global leading manufacturer of IT products
The Week In Ransomware – November 27th 2020 – Attacks Continue With the USA holidays, this has been a relatively slow week in new research being released. We did, though, see some organizations get attacked or report historical attacks. Last weekend, South Korean retail giant E-Land suffered a ransomware attack that forced them to close 23 retail
Office 365 Phishing Abuses Oracle And Amazon Cloud Services A rather complex phishing scheme for stealing Office 365 credentials from small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. and Australia combines cloud services from Oracle and Amazon into its infrastructure. The campaign has been active for more than half a year and uses a network of
Drupal Issues Emergency Fix For Critical Bug With Known Exploits Drupal has released emergency security updates to address a critical vulnerability with known exploits that could allow for arbitrary PHP code execution on some CMS versions. “According to the regular security release window schedule, November 25th would not typically be a core security window,” Drupal said.