Late last year Travelex, the currency exchange company suffered a major disruption in its operation after a ransomware attack. I wrote about this story at the time. It now appears a settlement has been reached with the bad actors. A report by...
The treat actors are known to take advantage of bad news. This time they are not stopping capitalising on the Coronavirus global outbreak. Here are the Indicator Of Compromises (IOCs)that you need to be aware of -courtesy of Talosintelligence:...
Just before the turn of the year, Travelex, the foreign currency exchange service suspended their online services and took their systems offline after “a software virus was discovered”. They put out the following notice which is still...
An application used by enterprises are utilized to deliver malware. Not any malware though, yes you guess it, ransomware! It is likely the same ransomware reported by Cisco Talos in April 2019. It is called REvil also known as “Sodinokibi...
Ransomware attacks are often seen as just nuisance when you have a good backup. However it is a disaster for many businesses when you have no fallback. Remember a ransomware is a monster with two heads. One, it denies you access your data. Two, what...
The Wikipage of Equifax Inc. states. “Equifax is a consumer credit reporting agency. Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide”. Unfortunately...
A massive ransomware attack is under way and has hit major orgonisations. So far I am aware of the UK being hit particularly bad. It is a ransomware with the ability to propergate with the vixtim’s help and this means once a machines is infected the...
