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Biopharmaceutical firm Supernus Pharmaceuticals hit by Hive ransomware during an ongoing acquisition

Security Affairs

Biopharmaceutical company Supernus Pharmaceuticals discloses a ransomware attack, the Hive ransomware claims to have stolen company data. Biopharmaceutical company Supernus Pharmaceuticals confirmed it was the victim of a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the firm last in Mid-November. 24 SUPERNUS INC.

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FIN11 gang started deploying ransomware to monetize its operations

Security Affairs

The financially-motivated hacker group FIN11 has started spreading ransomware to monetize its cyber criminal activities. The financially-motivated hacker group FIN11 has switched tactics starting using ransomware as the main monetization method. ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.

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Ransomware accounts for 54% of cyber threats in the health sector

Security Affairs

The document also analyzes the impact of the cyber attacks on the sector and provides details about the most targeted entities and affected assets. The first data that emerged from the report is that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. The document also says Fitis got paid using a WebMoney account that was created when its owner presented a valid Russian passport for a Konstantin Evgenievich Fetisov , born Nov. Image: Archive.org.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

The Cuba Ransomware gang has partnered with the crooks behind the Hancitor malware in attacks aimed at corporate networks. Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution team found that Hancitor is being actively used by the threat actors to deploy Cuba ransomware. Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020.

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National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization

Security Affairs

Also, the credentials could have been used to gain initial access into corporate networks to deploy ransomware, steal or sabotage internal documents, or gain access to user data. Cybernews reached out to the NSC, and it quickly fixed the issue.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

Ransomware. Ransomware. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold.