May 27, 2020
Ransomware evolves to hide in virtual machines
Sophos has uncovered an advanced new campaign using a virtual machine to deploy and run ransomware undetected by security software.
May 27, 2020
Trust Has Eroded Within the Cybercriminal Underground Causing a Switch to Ecommerce Platforms
Deepfake ransomware will be the evolution of sextortion; More cybercrime will hit Africa in the next three to five years; Cybercriminals will find a s...
May 27, 2020
Microsoft Threat Protection Intelligence Team Shares Details On How To Deal With Ransomware ...
Weak systems are targeted more: To gain access to target networks, recent ransomware campaigns exploited internet-facing systems that had ...
May 26, 2020
Red Cross Calls For An End To Hack Attacks On Healthcare Sector Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The ransomware group posted the personal details of thousands of the company's former patients after the company declined to pay hackers their ...
May 19, 2020
FBI Warns that ProLock Ransomware Decryptor Corrupts Encrypted Files
A new ransomware named ProLock is affecting various industries in the United States, and the FBI is warning companies and other interested parties ...
May 21, 2020
Cybersecurity makes World Economic Forum's top 10 Covid-19 global fallout list
... cybercriminals to deliver malware, ransomware and phishing scams,” said Algirde Pipikaite, the WEF's project lead in its Center for Cybersecurity.
May 21, 2020
FBI offers US companies more details from investigations of health care hacking
The memo also describes a ransomware attack on a biological research facility that recovered from the incident through digital and paper backups.
May 22, 2020
Ransomware deploys virtual machines to hide itself from antivirus software
The operators of the RagnarLocker ransomware are running Oracle VirtualBox to hide their presence on infected computers inside a Windows XP ...
May 22, 2020
Paying the ransom doubles cost of recovering from ransomware attack, according to Sophos
SophosLabs reports on Maze ransomware techniques that increase pressure to pay. 24% of the organisations surveyed in South Africa witnessed a ...
May 13, 2020
Cognizant reports ransomware attack could have $50 million to $70 million impact in Q2
IT services giant Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: CTSH) reported that while the Maze ransomware attack announced in April has ...
May 14, 2020
Do I Pay Ransomware? Sophos Report Cites Evidence that It's a Bad Idea
Ransomware Report Breakdown. The report also revealed: Almost all (94%) victims whose data was encrypted got it back. But more than twice as many ...
May 15, 2020
Ransomware recruits affiliates with huge payouts, automated leaks
The Netwalker ransomware operation is recruiting potential affiliates with the possibility of million-dollar payouts and an auto-publishing data leak...
May 16, 2020
How IT service providers can protect against ransomware
Managed service providers (MSPs) are suddenly finding themselves a prime target for ransomware. The recent attack on global IT services giant ...
May 9, 2020
Cognizant: Ransomware Attack Expense at Least $50 Million
Cognizant estimates that the April ransomware attack that affected its internal network will cost the IT services firm between $50 and $70 million in...
May 11, 2020
Malware Is Taking on a New Shape: Malware as a Service
Ransomware has the potential to be even more profitable. Consider, for example, that a 2019 ransomware attack against Virtual Care Providers ...
May 11, 2020
Keeping Your Backups Safe from Ransomware Attacks
Data backups are an effective way to recover from a ransomware attack if your organization finds itself encrypted and unable to operate. If your ...
May 12, 2020
Reactive security no longer works: Crowdstrike CTO
Every single enterprise compromised by ransomware attacks had next generation firewalls and other security in place. Yet that's not enough, says ...
May 12, 2020
ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf hit by ProLock ransomware attack
Automatic teller machine maker and payment technology company Diebold Nixdorf Inc. has suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some ...
May 12, 2020
Danish Agro dealing with aftermath of ransomware attack
The Denmark based agribusiness group was the target of a ransomware attack on April 19. “The hackers are kicked out of our systems and we are not in ....
May 8, 2020
Top media and entertainment lawyers hit by REvil ransomware
New York-based entertainment and media lawyers Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks has been hit by the Windows REvil ransomware, with a small ...
May 8, 2020
Cognizant expects to lose between $50m and $70m following ransomware attack
Speaking on the ransomware attack, Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries said the incident only impacted its internal network, but not customer systems.
May 9, 2020
Toll Group hacked once more, suffers Nefilim ransomware attack
The previous incident occurred on the last day of January 2020, when Toll was hit by Mailto ransomware, witch managed to infect as many as 1,000 ...
April 30, 2020
Hackers Hit Colorado Hospital with Ransomware Attack
Ransomware Attacks on a Downward Trend Despite Increased Cybercrime Reports. Earlier this month, Tonya Ugoretz, a Deputy Assistant Director at ...
April 30, 2020
Ransomware: Average Business Payout Surges to $111605
The average ransom paid by victims to ransomware attackers reached $111,605 in the first quarter of this year, up by one-third from the previous ...
May 1, 2020
If You Get Hacked, Avoid the Temptation to Pay Ransomware, Says Kaspersky Exec
In the event that you or your data gets hacked, do not pay the ransomware, advised Costin Raiu, the director of the global research and analysis team...
May 2, 2020
North Dakota government fiber provider hit by ransomware
But early last Sunday morning, DCN learned its internal systems had been infected with ransomware. DCN's chief executive officer, Seth Arndorfer, said...
May 4, 2020
Ransomware mentioned in 1000+ SEC filings over the past year
Among the companies mentioning ransomware as a potential threat to business are some high-profile names. The report lists the likes of Alphabet, ...
May 6, 2020
New Breed of Ransomware Threatens to Expose Victoria's Secrets
A series of ransomware attacks over the past week affected medical care, hundreds of thousands of parcel deliveries during the pandemic — and ...
May 6, 2020
Cargo fleets and the looming threat of ransomware
Cargo fleets and the looming threat of ransomware. For hackers, any system with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, or Internet connectivity – including federally-...
May 6, 2020
European health care giant Fresenius Group grappling with computer virus
Criminals typically hack these organizations to try to extort them; multiple ransomware attacks on companies involved in pandemic response have been ....
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