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A Look at the New Sugar Ransomware Demanding Low Ransoms A new Sugar Ransomware operation actively targets individual computers, rather than corporate networks, with low ransom demands. First discovered by the Walmart Security Team, ‘Sugar’ is a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation that launched in November 2021 but has slowly been picking up speed. The name
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Windows Bug The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch their systems against an actively exploited Windows vulnerability that enables attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges. Per a binding operational directive (BOD 22-01) issued in November and today’s announcement, all Federal Civilian Executive Branch
US Indicts Multiple Call Centers for IRS, Social Security Scams The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the indictment of several India-based call centers and their directors for targeting Americans with Social Security, IRS, and loan phone call scams. The call centers allegedly placed scam robocalls that were rerouted through an already-indicted VoIP service provider
HHS: Conti Ransomware Encrypted 80% of Ireland’s HSE IT Systems A threat brief published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday paints a grim picture of how Ireland’s health service, the HSE, was overwhelmed and had 80% of its systems encrypted during last year’s Conti ransomware attack. This led to severe disruptions