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The Long Run of Shade Ransomware

Security Affairs

The phishing email contains a.zip file named “slavneft.zakaz.zip”, which means something like “slavneft order” in English, showing a direct reference to “Slavneft”. However, the mining pool dashboard provides a clue of the current number of infected machines. Technical analysis. Information about miner executable. Conclusions.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

US OCR imposes HIPAA penalty in phishing attack case The US Office for Civil Rights has imposed its first financial penalty under HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) for violations of the Act’s security rule relating to phishing. Source (New) Manufacturing Canada Yes 1.2