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Article: US

Marshals Service Computer System Hit by Ransomware Attack.

Author: Michael Kan. (2023,

Feb 28).

The agency uncovered the intrusion on Feb. 17 2023, when it

discovered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event affecting a

standalone USMS system.” That means the hackers stole information from

the computer while planting malicious code capable of encrypting the

data inside.

“The affected system contains law enforcement sensitive information,

including returns from legal process, administrative information, and

personally identifiable information pertaining to subjects of USMS

investigations, third parties, and certain USMS employees,” the agency

says.

Article: US

Shuts Down 'Netwire' Malware That Posed as Legit Remote Admin Tool.

Author: Michael Kan. (2023,

Mar 10).

Worldwiredlabs.com has been around since at least 2012(Opens in a

new window), offering a software product called “Netwire,” which is

supposedly designed to help IT support staff manage computers remotely.

Before the site was seized, it was offering Netwire for $10 per month or

$60 per year. However, US investigators say the site was a front to sell

the software as a hacking tool to cybercriminals.

Supporting Article: Federal

Authorities Seize Internet Domain Selling Malware Used to Illegally

Control and Steal Data from Victims’ Computers.

Author: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of

California. (2023, Mar 9).

A seizure warrant approved by a United States Magistrate Judge on

March 3 and executed on Tuesday led to the seizure of

www.worldwiredlabs.com, which offered the NetWire remote access trojan

(RAT), a sophisticated program capable of targeting and infecting every

major computer operating system. “A RAT is a type of malware that allows

for covert surveillance, allowing a ‘backdoor’ for administrative

control and unfettered and unauthorized remote access to a victim’s

computer, without the victim’s knowledge or permission,” according to

court documents filed in Los Angeles.

Supporting Article: FBI

takes down cybercrime forum that touted data connected to breach

affecting US lawmakers.

Author: Sean Lyngaas. (2023, Mar 24).

The FBI has arrested the alleged founder of a popular cybercriminal

forum that touted data stolen in a hack affecting members of Congress

and thousands of other people and taken the website down, the Justice

Department said Friday.

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