Category Security

Lacroix Shuts Three Factories For a Week After Cyber-Attack

International electronics manufacturer Lacroix reportedly intercepted targeted cyberattacks at its operating bases in France (Beaupréau), Germany (Willich), and Tunisia (Zuriba). The company said it had temporarily suspended several online systems while investigating the damage caused by the attack. “Investigations are…

Affiliates Take Home 85% of Ransom Payouts

May 16, 2023Ravi LakshmananCyber ​​Crime / Ransomware Ransomware affiliates involved in Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) schemes earn between 80% and 85% of each ransom payment, according to new findings from Group-IB. The cybersecurity firm was able to infiltrate the group in…

BEC Attackers Spoof CC’d Execs to Force Payment

Security researchers have discovered a new development in business email compromise (BEC) designed to pressure recipients into paying bogus invoices. This tactic, dubbed “VIP invoice verification scam” by Armorblox, is a classic fake email intended to impersonate a trusted vendor…

Secure Remote Access to All Environments

Operational technology (OT) cybersecurity is a challenging but critical aspect of protecting an organization’s critical systems and resources. As cybercriminals log in rather than infiltrate systems, access security becomes more complex and management and control more important than ever. In…

PharMerica Breach Hits Over 5.8 Million Customers

About 6 million customers of the nationally popular pharmacy service provider had their personal, health insurance and medical data exposed in cyberattacks in March. PharMerica serves from over 70,000 back-up and local pharmacies across 50 states and 3,100 additional facilities.…

Researchers Uncover New “RA Group” Ransomware

Threat researchers have discovered another new ransomware actor. This time, he used Babuk’s source code in attacks against organizations in the United States and South Korea. According to Cisco Talos, RA Group emerged in April of this year, with a…