FBI Issues ‘High-Impact’ Ransomware Attack Warning—What You Need To Know

Oct 4, 2019 7:36:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI has issued a new warning that healthcare organizations, industrial companies, and the transportation sector are being targeted with ransomware. The attack methodologies continue ...

Ransomware Incident To Cost Danish Company A Whopping $95 Million

Oct 2, 2019 7:04:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Catalin Cimpanu for ZDNet's Zero Day reported: "Demant, one of the world's largest manufacturers of hearing aids, expects to incur losses of up to $95 million following what appears to be ...

Ransomware Forces 3 Hospitals To Turn Away All But The Most Critical Patients

Oct 2, 2019 6:42:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Arstechnica ran this story 10/1/2019: "Ten hospitals—three in Alabama and seven in Australia—have been hit with paralyzing ransomware attacks that are affecting their ability to take new ...

Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Combating Ransomware Attacks

Sep 30, 2019 3:22:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The U.S. Senate has approved new legislation aimed at helping government agencies and private-sector companies combat ransomware attacks. The legislation comes as local governments and ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Lays Out Strategic Vision and Priorities in the Wake of Texas Ransomware Attacks.

Sep 18, 2019 7:27:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This new document, entitled Strategic Intent highlights ways to “defend today, secure tomorrow” and comes out as the CISA director admits that ransomware is “only getting worse.”

Ex White House CIO attacks insurance firms for 'fuelling ransomware industry'

Sep 16, 2019 9:44:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Former CIO of the White House Theresa Payton has warned that cyber insurance companies are supporting the ransomware industry by manipulating organisations into paying to have their ...

Nemty Ransomware Infests Bogus PayPal Site

Sep 10, 2019 6:45:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

BleepingComputer describes a PayPal phishing site that’s delivering a new strain of Nemty ransomware. The attackers used Unicode characters from different alphabets to make their URL look ...

Cybercriminals Unleash Ransomware Attack Designed to Compromise the Security of 120 French Hospitals

Sep 10, 2019 6:31:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A ransomware infection has left one hospital in a group of 120 resorting to pen and paper as they work to remediate an attack custom-designed to attempt to take down all 120.

Thousands Of Servers Infected With New Lilocked (Lilu) Ransomware

Sep 6, 2019 9:52:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Thousands of web servers have been infected and had their files encrypted by a new strain of ransomware named Lilocked (or Lilu).

CEO Fraud Overtakes Ransomware And Data Breaches In EMEA Cyber-insurance Claims

Sep 3, 2019 7:13:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CEO Fraud—also known as Business Email Compromise—related cyber-insurance claims accounted for nearly a quarter of all claims in the EMEA region, AIG said.

New ransomware grows 118% as cybercriminals adopt fresh tactics and code innovations

Aug 29, 2019 2:53:31 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

McAfee Labs saw an average of 504 new threats per minute in Q1 2019, and a resurgence of ransomware along with changes in campaign execution and code.

Ransomware Criminals Hack Dental Software Company And Take Hundreds Of Customers' Systems Hostage

Aug 29, 2019 2:35:25 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hundreds of dental practice offices in the US have had their computers infected with ransomware this week, ZDNet has learned from a source.

Why Are Insurance Companies Insisting To Pay Ransom For Ransomware Attacks?

Aug 29, 2019 2:12:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, ProPublica published a report describing how insurance companies now prefer to fork over hundreds of thousands of dollars / pounds / Euros in ransom to minimize the detriment ...

Business Detections of Ransomware Attacks Have Grown by 365%

Aug 28, 2019 3:51:48 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest data from Malwarebyte’s report Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques: Ransomware Retrospective shows businesses are at risk of ransomware attack now more than ever.

MegaCortex Ransomware goes Fully Automated, Putting Enterprises at Risk of Ransoms in the Millions

Aug 28, 2019 3:21:57 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new version of MegaCortex has been spotted, upgrading it from a manual, targeted form of ransomware, to one that can be spread and do damage enterprise-wide.

Ransomware Hits Fortnite Players

Aug 21, 2019 4:21:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

DarkReading reports: "Ransomware masquerading as game "cheats" is hitting Fortnite players. Fortunately, there are ways to recover without paying a ransom." Similar to phishing attacks on ...

Is The Ransomware Debate Over? To Pay Or Not To Pay, The Conference Of Mayors Made Up Their Mind

Aug 21, 2019 6:59:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The long-standing argument over whether or not to pay may have come to an end, with a resolution from the U.S. Conference of Mayors calling on cities to not pay up.

U.S. Government Stresses the Need for Cybersecurity Awareness and Education in Light of Ransomware Attacks on Government Entities

Aug 20, 2019 4:59:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In light of the recent string of attacks that seem to be targeting government agencies and municipalities, a new multi-agency press release provides guidance on how to be resilient.

Three Lessons from a Recent MegaCortex Ransomware Phishing Attack

Aug 12, 2019 6:55:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The MegaCortex strain of ransomware has been used in criminal campaigns targeting businesses as opposed to private individuals. The QuickBooks cloud-hosting firm iNSYNQ, has sustained ...

Varieties of Extortion Experience

Aug 10, 2019 11:26:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We are all familiar with ransomware and its increasingly dangerous cousin, wiper malware. The first encrypts your files and demands ransom payments in exchange for the decryption key. The ...

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FBI Issues ‘High-Impact’ Ransomware Attack Warning—What You Need To Know

Ransomware Incident To Cost Danish Company A Whopping $95 Million

Ransomware Forces 3 Hospitals To Turn Away All But The Most Critical Patients

Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Combating Ransomware Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Lays Out Strategic Vision and Priorities in the Wake of Texas Ransomware Attacks.

Ex White House CIO attacks insurance firms for 'fuelling ransomware industry'

Nemty Ransomware Infests Bogus PayPal Site

Cybercriminals Unleash Ransomware Attack Designed to Compromise the Security of 120 French Hospitals

Thousands Of Servers Infected With New Lilocked (Lilu) Ransomware

CEO Fraud Overtakes Ransomware And Data Breaches In EMEA Cyber-insurance Claims

New ransomware grows 118% as cybercriminals adopt fresh tactics and code innovations

Ransomware Criminals Hack Dental Software Company And Take Hundreds Of Customers' Systems Hostage

Why Are Insurance Companies Insisting To Pay Ransom For Ransomware Attacks?

Business Detections of Ransomware Attacks Have Grown by 365%

MegaCortex Ransomware goes Fully Automated, Putting Enterprises at Risk of Ransoms in the Millions

Ransomware Hits Fortnite Players

Is The Ransomware Debate Over? To Pay Or Not To Pay, The Conference Of Mayors Made Up Their Mind

U.S. Government Stresses the Need for Cybersecurity Awareness and Education in Light of Ransomware Attacks on Government Entities

Three Lessons from a Recent MegaCortex Ransomware Phishing Attack

Varieties of Extortion Experience

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