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The Week In Ransomware – January 15th 2021 – Locking You Up It has been another quiet week for ransomware, though we did have some interesting stories come out this week. By far, the most interesting is the news about ChastityLocker – ransomware that exploits vulnerabilities in men’s chastity belts (not joking) so that they can’t unlock
Scotland Environmental Regulator Hit By ‘Ongoing’ Ransomware Attack The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) confirmed on Thursday that some of its contact center, internal systems, processes and internal communications were affected following a ransomware attack that took place on Christmas Eve. “SEPA confirms ongoing ransomware attack likely to be by international serious and organised cyber-crime groups intent
Undisclosed Apache Velocity XSS Vulnerability Impacts GOV Sites An undisclosed Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Velocity Tools can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to target government sites, including NASAand NOAA. Although 90 days have elapsed since the vulnerability was reported and patched, BleepingComputer is not aware of a formal disclosure made by the project. Apache Velocity is a