Security News > 2022 > June > The Week in Ransomware - June 24th 2022 - Splinter Cells

Other news this week is a surge in eCh0raix ransomware attacks on QNAP devices, a report on a Mitel zero-day used in a ransomware attack, Chinese hackers are deploying ransomware as decoys, and a report on a Conti hacking spree that took place at the end of last year.

This week, ech0raix ransomware has started targeting vulnerable QNAP Network Attached Storage devices again, according to user reports and sample submissions on the ID Ransomware platform.

Brooks County pays off hacker with tax dollars after ransomware attack A recent ransomware attack on Brooks County's Justice of the Peace and district courts, and finance department, cost it more than $37,000.

Nichirin-Flex U.S.A, a subsidiary of the Japanese car and motorcycle hose maker Nichirin, has been hit by a ransomware attack causing the company to take the network offline.

Mitel zero-day used by hackers in suspected ransomware attack.

Hackers used a zero-day exploit on Linux-based Mitel MiVoice VOIP appliances for initial access in what is believed to be the beginning of a ransomware attack.

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