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Sierra Wireless hit by ransomware attack, operations disrupted

March 31, 2021/in Internet Security

A major multinational IoT communication services company has suffered a major ransomware attack. British Columbia-based Sierra Wireless, known for products that span over 550 patents, announced the attack via Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire as the incident took down their website. According to Sierra Wireless’s press release, the ransomware infected its internal IT systems on March 20. Once the attack was discovered, the company immediately began implementing countermeasures in accordance with its cybersecurity policy. They also brought in third-party experts, and according to them, the attack has been successfully stopped.

The aftershocks of the ransomware attack can be found as described in the following press release excerpt from Sierra Wireless:

At this time, Sierra Wireless believes the impact of the attack was limited to Sierra Wireless systems, as the company maintains a clear separation between its internal IT systems and customer-facing products and services.

As a result of the ransomware attack, Sierra Wireless halted production at its manufacturing sites. The company’s website and other internal operations have also been disrupted by the attack. The company believes it will restart production at these facilities and resume normal operations soon. In the meantime, Sierra Wireless asks its customers and partners for their patience as it seeks to remediate the situation.

At the time of this article’s publishing, it is not known publicly who the attackers were or what they wanted. It is also unknown, likely due to the ongoing investigation, what strain of ransomware was responsible for the infection and how the ransomware found a point of infection. Sierra Wireless is staying tight-lipped outside of the press release when it comes to media inquiries. It appears this ransomware attack will exact a significant monetary toll on Sierra Wireless’s bottom line. As part of the press release, Sierra said, “Due to these disruptions, Sierra Wireless is at this time withdrawing the First Quarter 2021 guidance it provided on February 23, 2021.” When Threatpost’s Lindsey O’Donnell contacted the company for further comment for her report on the ransomware…

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Molson Coors beer production disrupted by huge computer hack

March 12, 2021/in Computer Security

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The making of Miller and Coors beer has been disrupted by a massive computer hack.

Molson Coors — the Chicago-based company behind the popular cold ones — revealed the vexing “cybersecurity incident” in a regulatory filing Thursday.

The company also makes and distributes Molson, Blue Moon, Carling, Killian’s Irish Red, Foster, Pilsner Urquell and Peroni, among other brands.

Molson Coors is “working around the clock to get its systems back up as quickly as possible,” the paperwork said of the hack, which has delayed some production and shipments of the brands.

“We have engaged a leading forensic IT firm to assist our investigation into the incident,” top spokesman Adam Collins told the Associated Press.

“We will continue to communicate with our business partners with updates,” he said.

The beer break-in is the latest in a series of high-profile hacks.

Coors beers — Molson Coors revealed the vexing “cybersecurity incident” in a regulatory filing Thursday.

Earlier this month, hackers tapped into 150,000 live security-camera feeds, and thousands of small businesses and government offices were compromised by a coding flaw in Microsoft’s email program.

The White House is continuing to investigate Russia’s alleged SolarWinds hack of government agencies, and other hacks this year targeted the Pfizer vaccine, and attempted to poison the water supply of the Florida city of Oldsmar.

With Post wires

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FBI reports Emotet Botnet Disrupted in International Cyber Operation

February 1, 2021/in Internet Security

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January 30, 2021 |

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice, Friday, January 29th, 2021, announced its participation in a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt and take down the infrastructure of the malware and botnet known as Emotet.

Additionally, officials in Lithuania, Sweden, and Ukraine assisted in this major cyber investigative action.

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“The Emotet malware and botnet infected hundreds of thousands of computers throughout the United States, including our critical infrastructure, and caused millions of dollars in damage to victims worldwide,” said Acting Deputy Attorney General John Carlin.

“Cyber criminals will not escape justice regardless of where they operate. Working with public and private partners around the world we will relentlessly pursue them while using the full arsenal of tools at our disposal to disrupt their threats and prosecute those responsible,” Carlin stated.

According to an unsealed search warrant affidavit, Emotet is a family of malware that targets critical industries worldwide, including banking, e-commerce, healthcare, academia, government, and technology. Emotet malware primarily infects victim computers through spam email messages containing malicious attachments or hyperlinks. Emails were designed to appear to come from a legitimate source or someone in the recipient’s contact list.

Once it has infected a victim’s computer, Emotet can deliver additional malware to the infected computer, such as ransomware or malware that steals financial credentials. Ransomware, in particular, has increased in scope and severity in the past year, harming businesses, healthcare providers, and government agencies even as the country has struggled to respond to the pandemic.

“The coordinated disruption of Emotet was a great success for the FBI and our international partners,” said FBI…

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