The notorious Russian hacking group Evil Corp has breached 31 major American corporations with a new ransomware attack targeting employees working from home. According to Symantec, the ransomware is first downloaded on a worker's computer after clicking a malicious software update window. According to Symantec, the software update window that initiates the entire process has come from from any one of 150 legitimate websites whose security Evil Corp has breached. According to Chien, WastedLocker is part of a major expansion in hacking attempts focused specifically at major American business and government services in recent months. In the past Evil Corp has been connected to a wide range of ransomware attacks, including a 2019 fraud scheme that saw the group collect more than $100million from banks in 40 different countries.

Source: Daily Mail June 29, 2020 17:28 UTC