March 27, 2020
Ransomware attacks are causing panic and chaos at overwhelmed hospitals struggling with ...
Ransomware attacks are causing panic and chaos at overwhelmed hospitals struggling with COVID-19, and it may be about to get worse. Jeff Elder.
April 3, 2020
FBI warns of Costco scam related to coronavirus pandemic
... ransomware or other fraudulent methods to steal identity, financial or other personal information. https://t.co/A2RafYZ637 pic.twitter.com/Ek1dUc6...
April 3, 2020
Microsoft: Hospitals Vulnerable to Ransomware, Must Fix VPNs
Microsoft: Hospitals Vulnerable to Ransomware, Must Fix VPNs. Microsoft says it has identified dozens of hospitals that have vulnerable gateway and .....
April 5, 2020
Bitcoin (BTC) Criminals Exploit COVID-19 Crisis by Attacking Hospitals with Ransomware: Interpol
Bitcoin (BTC) Criminals Exploit COVID-19 Crisis by Attacking Hospitals with Ransomware: Interpol. News. Sun, 04/05/2020 - 17:55.
April 6, 2020
Algerian petroleum JV hit by Maze ransomware, data posted online
The Maze ransomware group has posted data from Berkine, a joint venture between Sonatrach, the state-owned oil company of Algeria, and the US ...
March 23, 2020
Cyber Insurance: Technology Trends - Verdict
Cyber Insurance: Technology Trends  Verdict
March 24, 2020
Beazley: Ransomware Attacks Increasingly Paired With Data Breach
Ransomware attacks became both more frequent and more brutal in 2019, according to a new report by speciality insurer Beazley. Beazley said its ...
March 20, 2020
TrickBot and Emotet strains make process injection most prevalent attack technique
Self-propagating ransomware and cryptocurrency miners, both rapidly emerging threats, rely on Windows Admin Shares, according to Horiuchi. All of ...
March 20, 2020
CIOs should plan for a spike in healthcare cyberattacks
"Many of them, particularly with things like ransomware, are nation-state actors. These are how nation-states fund their activities. There is not...
March 20, 2020
PwndLocker Fixes Crypto Bug, Rebrands as ProLock Ransomware
At the beginning of March, we reported on a new ransomware called PwndLocker that was targeting enterprise networks and demanding ransoms ...
March 20, 2020
Finastra, World's Third Largest Fintech, Hit by Ransomware
In a short statement, the company initially described noticing “potentially anomalous activity”, updating this late Friday to confirm a ransomware att...
March 22, 2020
Ransomware Attacks Hit France as Coronavirus Toll Rises
In addition to the coronavirus outbreak that's sweeping across Europe, it would appear that the French government also faces a wave of ransomware ...
March 23, 2020
Hackers leak data from medical company set to carry out COVID-19 vaccine trials
Hammersmith Medicines Research Ltd. was targeted by the Maze ransomware group March 14 with its systems locked down. The company, which ...
March 20, 2020
Sodinokibi ransomware data available for purchase on hacking forum
Ransomware threats are evolving - hackers are now harvesting data that before they might only encrypt, to use as leverage over companies that ...
March 20, 2020
Hackers Have Been Waiting for an Opportunity Like Coronavirus
In recent weeks, reports have shown that many ransomware hackers are taking advantage of public fears surrounding COVID-19, largely by using ...
March 19, 2020
Most Ransomware Gets Executed Three Days After Initial Breach
Ransomware gets deployed three days after an organization's network gets infiltrated in the vast majority of attacks, with post-compromise deployment...
March 19, 2020
15 Coronavirus Online Scams to Watch Out For
These hackers are instead spreading malware through mobile phone apps and websites and threatening users with ransomware, which use malware ...
March 19, 2020
Expect phishing attacks on remote workers to increase during COVID-19 pandemic
This includes technical analysis of the ransomware. development of a decryption tool if possible, and as a last resort ransom negotiation.
March 19, 2020
Maze ransomware gang pledges to stop attacking hospitals
The notorious Maze ransomware gang announced Wednesday that it will not attack any healthcare organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 17, 2020
Why your organization needs to be ready for the Snake ransomware
The ransomware uses obfuscation – meaning processes typically found in ICS environments are killed before encryption begins – to make analysis ...
March 16, 2020
#HowTo Reduce Your Ransomware Attack Surface
All security professionals will be able to tell you that there's no silver bullet to defend against all varieties of ransomware, but there are strateg...
March 16, 2020
Should cities pay cybercriminals?
In 2019 alone, governments reported 163 ransomware attacks with more than US$1.8 million dollars in ransoms paid and tens of millions of dollars ...
March 16, 2020
Travelex owner Finablr 'on verge of collapse' two months after ransomware outage
At the time, Finablr claimed that the ransomware would have no major financial impact on the company. Last week, though, the company admitted that it...
March 16, 2020
Bitcoin's Ransomware Problem Won't Go Away
Bitcoin-based ransomware attacks are an interesting phenomenon. But who cares? They're tiny. That was pretty much my opinion about ransomware ...
March 13, 2020
83% of Internet-connected medical imaging machines in the US are ripe for hacking, report says
"Healthcare resorts to paying a ransomware more often than not, so they can regain control over systems and data." Taking preventative measu...
March 13, 2020
CovidLock: Mobile Coronavirus Tracking App Coughs Up
This Android ransomware application, previously unseen in the wild, has been titled “CovidLock” because of the malware's capabilities and its ...
March 14, 2020
Ransomware gangs are posting highly-sensitive stolen documents to pressure victims to pay up ...
Ransomware gangs are posting highly-sensitive stolen documents to pressure victims to pay up, including classified reports on multi-billion-dollar ...
March 14, 2020
Czech Republic's Brno University Hospital Suffered a Cyberattack
A cyberattack, possibly of the ransomware kind, has hit Czech Republic's largest hospital. The Brno health center was receiving COVID-19 cases and ...
March 13, 2020
European Electricity Association Confirms Hackers Breached its Office Network
Limited information exists at this time regarding the strain of ransomware or the full scope of the attack. The commission, says Dragos, notes that th...
March 12, 2020
As Coronavirus Spreads, an Illinois Public Health Agency's Website is Sidelined by Hackers
Ransomware is software that an attacker loads on to a victim computer to lock files or block access, usually in concert with a demand for payment.
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