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Leading phone repair and insurance firm collapses after paying crippling ransomware demand
The Einhaus Group was once a familiar name, with its services available through 5,000 retail outlets in Germany and an annual revenue of around 70 million Euros.
Ukraine strikes back at Russia with cyberattack on forces in Crimea
Ukraine's intelligence agency conducted a sustained distributed-denial of service attack on Russian forces in Crimea while independent hacking groups targeted the airline.
IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers
IT provider sued after it simply 'handed the credentials' to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack
Hacker plants three strains of malware in a Steam Early Access game called Chemia — security company found crypto-jacking infostealers and a backdoor to install yet more malware in the future
Prodaft said the Steam Early Access game contains the Fickle Stealer, Vidar Stealer, and HijackLoader malware.
Microsoft says China-based hackers exploiting critical SharePoint vulnerabilities to deploy Warlock ransomware
Microsoft said that critical vulnerabilities in SharePoint are being exploited by a potentially China-linked threat actor, Storm-2603, to deploy ransomware.
Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request
A hacker injected a malicious prompt into the Q extension for VS Code that instructed Amazon's coding assistant to delete files on a user's device.
UK to ban making ransomware payments for some organizations
The UK Home Office and National Cyber Security Centre announced that some organizations could be banned from making ransomware payments.
158-year-old company forced to close after ransomware attack precipitated by a single guessed password
The 158-year established Knights of Old transportation company has collapsed in the wake of a ransomware attack, with 700 jobs lost.
