A criminal ransomware network connected to a cyber-attack inside numerous US hospitals has been taken down by the FBI, according to a US Department of Justice press release. The attack hit over 200,000 computers across the US and cost hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. The FBI called it a duck hunt taking down the hacking network called Qakbot. “Qackbot is one of the most successful persistent and notorious botnets in the globe,” said US Attorney Martin Estrada. “Stopping cybercrime i
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Russia-linked ransomware group Clop reportedly took responsibility for a mass attack on more than 130 organizations, including those in the healthcare industry, using a zero-day vulnerability in secure file transfer software GoAnywhere MFT.[1] Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the GoAnywhere flaw (CVE-2023-0669) to its public catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. This Sector
Alert follows previous HC3 Analyst Notes on Clop (CLOP Poses Ongoing Risk to HPH Organiz
US authorities are sharing a quick reference on Ransomware. "Ransomware is a type of malicious software cyber actors use to deny access to systems or data. The malicious cyber actor holds systems or data hostage until the ransom is paid. After the initial infection, the ransomware attempts to spread to shared storage drives and other accessible systems. If the demands are not met, the system or encrypted data remains unavailable, or data may be deleted. L
Link to full report: Ransomware_Exec
