The latest variant of the devastating Ryuk<\/a>\nransomware has been spotted with a new feature that allows it to turn on\ndevices connected to the infected network. By taking advantage of Wake-on-Lan\nfunctionality, Ryuk can is able to mount additional remote devices to further\nits encryption protocols. While it\u2019s possible to only allow such commands from\nan administrator\u2019s machine, those are also the most likely to be compromised\nsince they have the largest access base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about ransomware infections and how to protect your data from cybercrime.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of six years, two individuals were able to\nsuccessfully hack into many hundreds of bank and phone accounts with the intent\nto commit\nfraud<\/a>. With the information they gathered, the two were also able to open\nnew credit accounts and take out significant loans to purchase extra tech\nhardware. Officials for the London Metropolitan Police have made it known that\ncybercrime is taken just as seriously as any other crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following a series of \u201cblue screens of death\u201d (BSoDs) on a\nmedical company\u2019s network, researchers identified a cryptominer<\/a>\nthat spread to more than 800 machines in just a couple months. The payload, a\nMonero miner, was hidden within a WAV file that was able to migrate undetected\nto various systems before executing the payload itself. To spread efficiently,\nthe infection used the long-patched EternalBlue exploit that had not yet been\nupdated on the network in question, thus leaving them fully susceptible to\nattack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thousands of business professionals from the UK have\npotentially fallen victim to a data leak by the major consulting\nfirm<\/a> CHS. A server belonging to the company was found to contain passports,\ntax info, and other sensitive information that could have been archived from\nbackground checks within an unsecured Amazon Web Services bucket. While it is\nstill unclear how long the data was available, researchers who discovered the\nleak quickly contacted both CERT-UK and Amazon directly, which promptly secured\nthe server. <\/p>\n\n\n\nBank Hackers Arrested Outside London<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cryptominer Found After Multiple BSODs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Consulting Firm Exposes Professional Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Western Australian Bank Breached<\/h2>\n\n\n\n