Nearly a week after the company announced they had suffered\na system outage, Garmin<\/a>\nhas finally admitted to falling victim to a ransomware attack, likely from the increasingly\npopular WastedLocker variant. As is the norm for WastedLocker, the attack was\nvery specific in its targeting of the company (even mentioning Garmin by name\nin the ransom note) and took many of their services offline. Though Garmin has\nconfirmed that no customer data was affected, they are still unsure when their\nservices will return to full functionality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 14 million user accounts held by the Israeli\nmarketing firm Promo<\/a>\nwere compromised in a recent breach. Subsequently, at least 1.4 million\ndecrypted user passwords were found for sale on a Dark Web forum, along with 22\nmillion records containing highly sensitive information. The company has since\ncontacted affected customers and is pushing a forced password reset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The FBI has released a security statement concerning Netwalker<\/a>\nransomware attacks, which have targeted both U.S. and foreign government\nagencies in recent months. Netwalker is known for exploiting remote desktop\nutilities to compromise major enterprise networks. It also offers ransomware-as-a-service\nto other cybercriminals. The best methods for blocking these types of attacks\nis setting up two-factor authentication (2FA) and creating offline data backups\nto protect in case of a successful breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIsraeli Marketing Firm Suffers Data Breach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Netwalker Ransomware Targets U.S. Government Organizations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lazarus Hacking Group Branches Out to Ransomware<\/h2>\n\n\n\n