How LockerGoga, The Ransomware Crippling Industrial Firms Operates

Technically, LockerGoga is just another ransomware strain and not even a very good one. It's got bugs and it's slow. However, the gang behind it represents a dangerous combination of ...

March 23, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order ‘Hundreds of New Computers’

Motherboard reported: "It appears that LockerGoga, the same ransomware that hit aluminum manufacturing giant Norsk Hydro this week, also infected American chemicals companies Hexion and ...

March 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

UK’s Police Federation Hit By Ransomware

The U.K.’s Police Federation has confirmed it has been hit by a cyberattack. The union-like organization, representing 119,000 police officers across the 43 forces in England and Wales, ...

March 19, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Big Norwegian Aluminum Producer Norsk Hydro Suffers Major Ransomware Attack

Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the world’s biggest aluminum producers, suffered production outages after a ransomware attack affected operations across Europe and the U.S.

March 14, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

GCSE coursework lost in ransomware attack on UK Bridport school

Hackers have used ransomware to encrypt files at a school, causing it to lose some students' GCSE coursework.

March 14, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Ransoms are Becoming More Expensive While Ransomware Attacks Become More Damaging

Ransomware isn’t going anywhere, and cybercriminals are stepping up their game increasing payments while also targeting backups more often to improve their chances of payment.

March 14, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Matrix Ransomware Uses a “Swiss Army Knife” of Tools to Infect, Compromise, and Spread

Since the days of EternalBlue, we’ve been concerned with malware spreading within a network. The latest iterations of Matrix Ransomware use a sophisticated list of embedded tools to do ...

March 11, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads up] Ransomware V2.0 Is Set to Resurge As Your Insurance Now Pays Off The Ransom

Holy Smokes! Ransomware may be poised to return as a top scourge for companies, as more and more of them pay up—it's actually their insurance company that makes the payment—after an ...

March 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Georgia county pays a whopping $400,000 to get rid of a ransomware infection

Officials in Jackson County, Georgia, paid $400,000 to cyber-criminals this week to get rid of a ransomware infection and regain access to their IT systems. The County hired ...

March 8, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Rietspoof Malware Attack Uses Messaging Apps to Distribute Ransomware

Researchers at antivirus vendor Avast have identified a new malware attack that leverages Skype, Facebook Messenger, and other messaging applications.

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How LockerGoga, The Ransomware Crippling Industrial Firms Operates

Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order ‘Hundreds of New Computers’

UK’s Police Federation Hit By Ransomware

Big Norwegian Aluminum Producer Norsk Hydro Suffers Major Ransomware Attack

GCSE coursework lost in ransomware attack on UK Bridport school

Ransoms are Becoming More Expensive While Ransomware Attacks Become More Damaging

Matrix Ransomware Uses a “Swiss Army Knife” of Tools to Infect, Compromise, and Spread

[Heads up] Ransomware V2.0 Is Set to Resurge As Your Insurance Now Pays Off The Ransom

Georgia county pays a whopping $400,000 to get rid of a ransomware infection

Rietspoof Malware Attack Uses Messaging Apps to Distribute Ransomware

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