Windows TCO Stories
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[Repeat] Silicon Angle ☛ Little-known ransomware gang claims responsibility for cyberattack on Ohio Lottery
Officially described as a “cybersecurity event” by Ohio Lottery, the attack occurred on Dec. 24 and affected some systems. The lottery took steps to mitigate the attack, including taking certain systems offline and hiring cybersecurity professionals to assist with an investigation.
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Cox Media Group ☛ ‘Integrity of our games is the top priority;’ Ohio Lottery gives update on cybersecurity incident
Ohio Lottery officials are providing an update after experiencing a “cybersecurity incident” on Christmas Eve.
As News Center 7 reported Wednesday, the incident impacted some of the Ohio Lottery’s “internal applications.”
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Bleeping Computer ☛ New Black Basta decryptor exploits ransomware flaw to recover files encrypted between November 2022 earlier this month
Researchers have created a decryptor that exploits a flaw in Black Basta ransomware, allowing victims to recover their files for free.
The decryptor allows Black Basta victims from November 2022 to this month to potentially recover their files for free. However, BleepingComputer has learned that the Black Basta developers fixed the bug in their encryption routine about a week ago, preventing this decryption technique from being used in newer attacks.
The ‘Black Basta Buster’ decryptor comes from Security Research Labs (SRLabs), which found a weakness in the encryption algorithm used by the ransomware gang’s encryptors that allows for the discovery of the ChaCha keystream used to XOR encrypt a file.