Tag: MedusaLocker

HC3 warns healthcare sector of DNS NXDOMAIN attacks, provides mitigations

HC3 warns healthcare sector of DNS NXDOMAIN attacks, provides mitigations

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published Friday a sector alert covering fake Domain Name Server (DNS) requests for non-existent domains (NXDOMAINs). A trusted third party shared information with…

HC3 warns of MedusaLocker ransomware targeting unsecured RDP servers, desktops, vulnerabilities

HC3 warns of MedusaLocker ransomware targeting unsecured RDP servers, desktops, vulnerabilities

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued on Friday an analyst note that focuses on the threat from lesser-known but potent ransomware variants, such as the MedusaLocker ransomware, which…

Dragos’ third quarter data says ransomware continues as one of most threatening financial and operational risks to industrial organizations

Dragos’ third quarter data says ransomware continues as one of most threatening financial and operational risks to industrial organizations

Industrial cybersecurity company Dragos warned that in the current quarter ransomware will continue to disrupt industrial operations. These attacks could occur through the integration of OT kill processes into ransomware strains, flattened networks allowing for ransomware to spread into OT…

Advisory warns of MedusaLocker RaaS-based model that depends upon observed split of ransom payments

Advisory warns of MedusaLocker RaaS-based model that depends upon observed split of ransom payments

U.S. agencies issued a joint cybersecurity advisory providing information on the MedusaLocker ransomware, including recent activity observed in May. The hackers predominantly rely on vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to access victims’ networks, encrypt the victim’s data and leave…