IT employee attempts to ransom his employer
“Unknown to the police, his colleagues, and his employer, Liles commenced a separate and secondary attack against the company,”
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Ransomware 101: Exploring Its Inner Workings
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files and demands payment for decryption. It is a growing threat to businesses and individuals, with increasingly sophisticated attack methods. Understanding how ransomware works is crucial to protecting yourself and your data.
Continue reading →NCR suffers Aloha POS outage after BlackCat ransomware attack
NCR is suffering an outage on its Aloha point of sale platform after being hit by an ransomware attack claimed by the BlackCat/ALPHV gang.
Continue reading →Microsoft turns to court order to take down ransomware hacking tool that targeted hospitals
BY NICOLE SGANGA – Microsoft and a group of cybersecurity firms received help from the courts with the massive takedown Thursday of a notorious hacking tool that had been co-opted by cybercriminals to target hospitals and healthcare systems. Joining forces … Continue reading →
CISA’s Pre-Ransomware Notifications Help Organizations Stop Attacks Before Damage Occurs
By Clayton Romans – Over the past several years, ransomware attacks have caused extraordinary harm to American organizations: schools forced to close, hospitals required to divert patients, companies across all sectors facing operational disruption and expending untold sums on mitigation … Continue reading →
New victims come forward after mass-ransomware attack
The number of victims affected by a mass-ransomware attack, caused by a bug in a popular data transfer tool used by businesses around the world, continues to grow as another organization tells TechCrunch that it was also hacked. The City of … Continue reading →
An Overview of the Global Impact of Ransomware Attacks
On December 12th, 2022, there was a cyberattack in the Swedish municipalities of Borgholm and Mörbylånga that rendered a range of critical services from both municipalities unavailable. Although the nature of the intrusion is still undisclosed, it seems to be part of … Continue reading →
3 Reasons Why Encryption Alone Is Not A Silver Bullet For Ransomware
By Bob Lam – If there’s one threat that keeps your average IT security leader awake at night, it’s undoubtedly the threat of ransomware that continues to plague businesses of every stripe and size across the globe. One recent report predicts that … Continue reading →
Cuba ransomware infections of US organizations have doubled in last year
Derek B. Johnson – The Cuba ransomware group has doubled its number of American victims over the past year, infecting at least 65 U.S. entities across a broad range of critical infrastructure sectors and stealing more than $60 million in ransom … Continue reading →
Hive claims ransomware attack on Tata Power, begins leaking data
Another researcher Rakesh Krishnan shared screenshots of the stolen data—which appears to include Tata Power employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), National ID (Aadhar) card numbers, PAN (tax account) numbers, salary information, etc. Additionally, the data dump contains engineering drawings, financial and banking records as … Continue reading →