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Premier aircraft leasing asset manager SKY Leasing has been hit by a gang of cyber criminals using the Windows Avaddon ransomware and the attackers have leaked 20 files of the company's data on the dark web.

Security firm Intel 471 claims to have discovered a pattern in ransomware attacks over the past 18 months, with a growing inter-dependence between the actual attackers and those who sell access to compromised systems.

Cyber criminals have attacked the SPIE Group, an European operator that provides a number of technical services, using the Nefilim ransomware that can encrypt files on Windows systems.

The world's biggest eyewear company, Italian conglomerate Luxottica, has suffered a ransomware attack staged by criminals using the Windows Nefilim ransomware and data about its financial and human resources operations have been leaked on the dark web.

Cyber criminals, who used the Windows Nefilim ransomware to attack the appliance maker Fisher & Paykel earlier this year, have released a third tranche of documents, stolen from the company during the incident, on the dark web.

The ransomware used in an attack on Duesseldorf University Clinic last week, which led to the death of a woman, appears to be Maze, security sources have told iTWire.

Two more lots of documents stolen by cyber criminals from the systems of Australian transport and logistics provider Toll Group have been released on the dark web, making a total of five lots released so far.

The actors behind the various Windows ransomware packages changed their tactics to prise money out of their victims' hands in October last year, but it remains to be seen whether their use of social pressure will be more profitable than methods used earlier, a researcher from global security firm Sophos has observed.

Germany's Dussmann Group, which offers services ranging from technical management, catering, security and cleaning to commercial property management, appears to have taken a hit from a gang of malicious attackers who have used the Nefilim Windows ransomware to stage the attack.

Attackers have used the Nefilim ransomware, that can encrypt files on Windows systems, to attack a subsidiary of Orange SA, formerly France Télécom SA, a French multinational telecommunications corporation and posted a note indicating that the attack has taken place.

Cyber criminals appear to have hit the website of Indian pharmaceutical product manufacturer Indoco Remedies using the Windows Nefilim ransomware, and have released preliminary details about the raid.

Cyber criminals who attacked Australian logistics and transport provider Toll Group in May have now released a third batch of documents which they exfiltrated from the company's website during the attack.

Attackers who used the Nefilim ransomware, that works on Windows systems, to attack appliance maker Fisher & Paykel have posted links to a second lot of documents which were stolen from the company during the attack, security sources have told iTWire.

Appliance maker Fisher & Paykel has been hit by attackers using the Nefilim ransomware, that runs only on Microsoft's Windows systems, and some files exfiltrated by them have been released on the dark web, security sources tell iTWire.

The ransomware attackers who penetrated the website of the Australian logistics and transport provider Toll Group have released a second lot of documents which were exfiltrated during the attack on the company's website.

Australian logistics and transport firm Toll Group says that a ransomware group that attacked the company recently has accessed files on a corporate server that included employees' information such as names, residential addresses, age or date of birth and payroll information.

The attackers behind an ongoing ransomware attack on Australian logistics and transport provider Toll Holdings have released some documents which they claim to have exfiltrated from the company when they staged the attack.

Attackers have accessed at least one corporate server at Australian transport and logistics firm Toll Holdings, where data about past and present employees is stored, the company says, adding that details of commercial deals was also stored on this server.

Transport and logistics provider Toll Group has suffered a Windows ransomware attack, the second this year, with the malware in question being Nefilim.