Malware

Despite officials in the City of Dallas reassuring that no data leak has resulted from a ransomware attack earlier this month, Dallas Fire Fighters Association President Jim McDade has noted that not enough has been done to ensure that data from the city's nearly 14,000 employees are protected against compromise, CBS News Texas reports.

BleepingComputer reports that The Philadelphia Inquirer was claimed to be compromised by the Cuba ransomware operation in a cyberattack this month, which resulted in the publication's most significant disruption in over 25 years.

Organizations in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates have been targeted with attacks involving the malicious Windows kernel driver dubbed "WINTAPIX" since at least May 2020, The Hacker News reports.

Cado Security researchers believe Legion was developed in Indonesia with an eye toward selling it to other attackers for exploiting cloud services.

Ransomware operation Black Basta was confirmed by German automotive and arms producer Rheinmetall to be responsible for a cyberattack last month, which coincided with reported negotiations between Rheinmetall and Ukraine regarding the construction of a new tank factory in the country, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.