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Ransomware Attack Hits Clinical Trial Software Vendor
Ryuk Incident Shines Spotlight on Medical Supply Chain Threats

A recent ransomware attack on a provider of software used by firms involved with COVID-19 vaccine development and other drug clinical trials illustrates the increasing cyberthreats facing medical industry supply chain partners.


Philadelphia-based eResearchTechnology, which provides clinical trial oversight software to drug makers and testing firms, was recently hit by a variant of the Ryuk ransomware, the company confirmed to Information Security Media Group on Tuesday.

"On Sept. 20, ERT discovered a ransomware cyberattack," ERT vice president of marketing strategy Drew Bustos tells ISMG. "As a precautionary measure, we took our systems offline as part of our standard response. ERT hired world-class, independent cybersecurity investigators to minimize risks, protect our customers' data and remediate our systems. Based on our investigative findings to date, we have no reason to believe that any clinical source data was impacted."


The company's forensic investigation is continuing, Bustos says, declining to comment on any questions related to ransoms.

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/ransomware-attack-hits-clinical-trial-software-vendor-a-15125

WATERLOO, ON, Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today released new research highlighting the true reach and sophistication of one of the most elusive, patient, and effective publicly known threat actors – BAHAMUT. In the report, BlackBerry researchers link the cyberespionage threat group to a staggering number of ongoing attacks against government officials and industry titans, while also unveiling the group’s vast network of disinformation assets aimed at furthering particular political causes and hampering NGOs.

The report, BAHAMUT: Hack-for-Hire Masters of Phishing, Fake News, and Fake Apps, provides new insights into the group, and shows how it deployed a vast array of sophisticated disinformation campaigns. BlackBerry’s Research & Intelligence Team found that BAHAMUT currently presides over a significant number of fake news entities – ranging from fraudulent social media personas to the development of entire news websites built to include disinformation – to both further certain causes and to gain information on high value targets.

“The sophistication and sheer scope of malicious activity that our team was able to link to BAHAMUT is staggering,” said Eric Milam, VP, Research Operations at BlackBerry. “Not only is the group responsible for a variety of unsolved cases that have plagued researchers for years, but we also discovered that BAHAMUT is behind a number of extremely targeted and elaborate phishing and credential harvesting campaigns, hundreds of new Windows malware samples, use of zero-day exploits, anti-forensic/AV evasion tactics, and more.”

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