Cyber Attacks

Two cryptocurrency incidents made the news recently: one concerning a new campaign from the threat actor known as the Lazarus Group, and the other involving a scam by one of the many new cryptocurrency startups.

Few cybercrime groups throughout history have had as much disruptive power and lasting impact as the Lazarus Group. The group has had multiple operations over the years, most of which involve either disruption, sabotage, financial theft or espionage.

Activists have traditionally used physical signs and catchy slogans to promote their political agenda, but the internet offers a significantly broader audience, so these activities have since moved online.

OnePlus recently confirmed that its website was breached and up to 40,000 users had their credit card data stolen by cybercriminals.

Hancock Health, a regional hospital in Indiana, paid a $55,000 ransom following a ransomware attack that infected the hospital’s systems and hindered its operations.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed a data breach that compromised the information of 250,000 DHS individuals involved in ongoing DHS criminal investigations.

TRITON or TRISIS (detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_TRISIS.A) is a recently discovered malware that was designed to manipulate industrial safety systems and most notably was involved in shutting down an industrial plant’s operations.

Cryptocurrency-mining marketplace NiceHash confirmed that the contents stored in its Bitcoin wallet were stolen. The losses reportedly amount to nearly 4,700 bitcoins, or US$64 million.

Pawn Storm made headlines again after security researchers shed light on its latest cyberespionage campaign, which involves a malware-ridden Word document that uses the recent incident in New York as a social engineering hook.