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A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2020.
As well reported, UK foreign exchange firm Travelex business operations were brought to a sta… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for May 2020
Maze is a particularly sophisticated strain of Windows ransomware that has hit companies and organisations around the world, demanding a cryptocurrency payment be made in return for the safe recovery of encrypted data.
But what makes Maze so dangerous … Continue reading Maze ransomware – what you need to know
Cognizant has confirmed that a Friday evening Maze ransomware attack has disrupted its systems. Continue reading Maze Ransomware Attack Hits Cognizant
The latest company to fall victim to a ransomware attack is Cognizant, a large US IT services company which admitted at the weekend that it had fallen victim to Maze. Continue reading Maze ransomware hits US giant Cognizant
The Maze group’s attacks see corporate victims not only infected with file-encrypting ransomware, but also threatened with the publication of stolen data if extortion demands are not met.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading IT services giant Cognizant hit by Maze ransomware attack
Cognizant, a multibillion-dollar IT services company with clients in the banking and oil and gas industries, said Saturday its computer systems had been disrupted by Maze ransomware, a strain of malicious code that has been used in cyberattacks in the U.S. and Europe in recent months. “Our internal security teams, supplemented by leading cyber defense firms, are actively taking steps to contain this incident,” the New Jersey-based company said in a statement. “Cognizant has also engaged with the appropriate law enforcement authorities.” A Fortune 500 company with over a quarter of a million employees worldwide, Cognizant possesses a wealth of data that would make it a target of hackers. Cognizant’s software and consulting services are used by major pharmaceutical firms and restaurant chains, according to its website. Earlier this week, the company had notified clients of the incident and shared “indicators of compromise” — forensic data such as IP addresses […]
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Continue reading IT services firm Cognizant hit with Maze ransomware
More ransomware operators are setting up pages where they threaten to publish compromised data from victims – an added pressure for victims to pay the ransom. Continue reading ‘Double Extortion’ Ransomware Attacks Spike
By Deeba Ahmed
The Maze ransomware group disclosed that it has leaked the database containing information about Sonatrach.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Maze ransomware group hacks oil giant; leaks data online
Continue reading Maze ransomware group hacks oil giant; leaks data online
At the end of May 2019, a new family of ransomware called Maze emerged into the gaping void left by the demise of the GandCrab ransomware. Unlike run-of-the-mill commercial ransomware, Maze authors implemented a data theft mechanism to exfiltrate infor… Continue reading A Malware Researcher’s Guide to Reversing Maze Ransomware
A notorious ransomware gang claims to have successfully compromised the infrastructure… of a company selling cyberinsurance.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Cybersecurity insurance firm Chubb investigates its own ransomware attack