Big tech giants in the U.S. are still providing essential web services to 13 out of 18 of the world's most controversial surveillance companies to keep them online
EasyJet had engaged forensic experts to investigate the breach and also notified Britain's National Cyber Security Centre about the data theft incident
The Netfilm attack was executed on the global logistics company at the beginning of May, while a MailTo ransomware compromised its network on January 31 this year.
The ransomware operator has claimed that if GSMS fails to pay, they will auction the stolen data every week on the information exchange on a Dark Web-based site
MailTo aka Netwalker offers ransomware as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model and recruits associates with promises of enormous money-making opportunities
The ransomware operators have threatened to release 'a ton of dirty laundry' of US President Donald Trump which they say could jeopardize his re-election
The malware framework is still going through its infancy and the malware authors are supposed to improvise and strengthen the attack vector with its final version
WeLeakData is known as a fierce competitor to RaidForums where cybercriminals dump breached data and acts as a marketplace for cybercrime-related solutions
The Thunderspy attacks can be executed even if the target device has Secure Boot, strong BIOS and operating system account passwords, as well as full disk encryption
US and UK warned that healthcare agencies, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research organizations and local governments are being targeted by foreign cybercriminals