| While the last few years have seen a remarkable uptick in this particularly nasty genre of attack software, ransomware isn’t new. Malware that holds data for ransom has been around for years. In 1991, a biologist spread PC Cyborg, the first ever ... read more... |
The 5 biggest ransomware attacks of the last 5 years – CSO Online
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Clinic Discovers Lengthy Intrusion Post-Ransomware Attack
| An Atlanta-based neurological practice is the latest healthcare organization to recover from a ransomware attack, only to discover it was the victim of a significant earlier intrusion that lasted more than a year. See Also: How to Scale Your Vendor Risk ... read more... |
SMBs finally getting wise to ransomware attacks
| The massive cyberattacks that impact major corporations around the world may grab all the headlines, but a recent Malwarebytes survey of small and medium businesses (SMB) found that these companies are being hit just as hard, if not harder, by cybercriminals. read more... |
Data Breach Digest: Ransomware rising to the top of the nation-state threat vector list
| Today the use of ransomware extends far beyond the traditional cybercriminal ploy for payout, serving as probable acts of war by nation-states – think the recent Petya and WannaCry incidents. Whether the rise in these types of attacks – ransomware and ... read more... |
Google ransomware tracking finds vicious infection cycle
| Criminals use ransomware to extort money from individual users and big businesses. Time SAN FRANCISCO — Ransomware surged last year, becoming a multi-million dollar business that's so profitable it's creating a vicious cycle of ever-increasing ... read more... |
Don't take the bait, step 4: defend against ransomware
| WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry today warned tax professionals that ransomware attacks are on the rise worldwide as bad actors here and abroad infiltrate computer systems and hold sensitive data hostage. read more... |
Intermedia Arms Partners with Email Backup and Ransomware Marketing Campaigns
| The latest additions to the cloud business applications provider’s automated marketing platform include pre-drafted emails and social media posts, white-label landing pages, and a metrics tracking dashboard. By Rich Freeman read more... |
Malware and Ransomware: What’s the Difference?
| With 638 million ransomware attacks in 2016 – which is more than 167 times the number of attacks in 2015 – ransomware, a new subsidiary of malware has swiftly laid an outset of its threat and capabilities. With various eminent organizations and ... read more... |
Take these steps to protect your business from ransomware
| As the WannaCry and, most recently, the Petya 2.0 attacks have shown, ransomware viruses are the latest evolution in cyberattacks that have the potential to devastate businesses worldwide. Gone are the days when hackers would break into a company’s ... read more... |
SMBs Are Ignoring the Ransomware Threat: Report
| Less than half of global SMBs think they’re at risk of suffering a ransomware attack this year, despite more than 60% having already been affected, according to new research from Webroot. The security vendor polled 600 IT decision makers in the US, UK ... read more... |
Sarasota, Fla.'s 2016 Ransomware Attack was Worst in City's History
| (TNS) — SARASOTA, Fla. — A cyber attack that crippled Sarasota City Hall computer systems early last year was far more severe than previously reported publicly, a newly released administrative review reveals. The ransomware virus was the worst cyber ... read more... |
ShieldFS Promises to Stop Ransomware Dead in Its Tracks
| LAS VEGAS — A group of Italian researchers has made a program that stops and reverses ransomware encryption, with a claimed success rate of 100 percent. Called ShieldFS, the program is a Windows kernel add-on that monitors activity in the Windows ... read more... |
Petya Ransomware Initial Analysis
| Practice for certification success with the Skillset library of over 100,000 practice test questions. We analyze your responses and can determine when you are ready to sit for the test. The document below is an initial level analysis of the recent Petya ... read more... |
Crypt GlobeImposter Ransomware Distributed via Blank Slate Malspam
| The Blank Slate malspam campaign has switched from distributing the Aleta BTCware variant to distributing a GlobeImposter variant that appends the .crypt extension. This malspam campaign is called Blank Slate due to the lack of a subject line and message ... read more... |
Petya ransomware hits global corporate earnings
| Costly cyber attacks are having a bigger impact on corporate earnings and are becoming a fact of life for companies as Oreo cookie maker Mondelez, drug maker Merck and others said that a destructive attack in the last week of the second quarter disrupted ... read more... |
Strong and stable, my arse. UK wobbles when coping with ransomware
| Reg Radicals lecture encompasses far right, libertarians, and mushrooms... A third of businesses have suffered a ransomware attack in the last 12 months, according to a new survey sponsored by Malwarebytes. Globally, most organisations experienced some ... read more... |
Cisco: How Adversaries Are Refining and Improving Ransomware in 2017
| Once adversaries have found a method for breaching network defenses, stealing data, or otherwise generating revenue, they’ll continue to refine these tactics to avoid detection and improve effectiveness. Ransomware, one of the more high-profile tools ... read more... |
How CIOs can avoid the next ransomware attack
| No question about it, ransomware is on the rise, and the majority of enterprises remain vulnerable to inbound phish emails that often are the originators of ransomware attacks. One recent ransomware outbreak, Petya, appears to have originated in the Ukraine. read more... |
WannaCrypt/WannaCry ransomware patch released by Microsoft
| WannaCrypt/WannaCry ransomware has led to massive attack on personal and business computers across the world and technology experts suggest that the attack could have been avoided if users had kept their systems updated. Microsoft has released emergency ... read more... |
Top Conversations in Ransomware
| Usually after a big incident. such as the 'WannaCry' ransomware attack, there’s a huge spike in awareness and a thirst for information about detection, prevention and recovery. But then the interest quickly subsides. Well, this time, we got hit with yet ... read more... |
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