Ransomware
Ransomware Attack news headlines trending on Google
According to a press release of Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, the computer systems at a ransomware attack disrupted the said hospital, this cancelling nearly 90 emergency operations and disallowing 3000 patients going for a general checkup. The attackers conducted the attack on Sunday last week, bringing down lab facilities, emergency operations and pharmacies at 3 […]
Nevada Ransomware Group targets 5000 victims in US and Europe
A new variant of ransomware, named Nevada Group by some security researchers reportedly targeted about 5000 victims in US and Europe and this took place after the threat actors started exploiting a software vulnerability in Cloud Servers almost 3 weeks ago and demanded 2BTC or $50,000 to release a decryption key. CISA and FBI have […]
Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google
First is the news about the compromise of a SAS network as hackers disrupted Scandinavian airlines computer network and accessed information related to thousands of customers. Karin Nyman, the in-charge spokesperson of SAS, stated that his company was working on remediating the effects of the digital attack and urged customers to stay away from the […]
US and UK governments issue sanctions on 7 Russians spreading ransomware
For the first time in the history of law, 7 cyber criminals, apparently linked to Russian Intelligence, were slapped with sanctions. Additionally, the real world names, email address, photos and DoBs were also released to the press, to tarnish their image on an international note, thus making them eligible to be slapped with travel bans […]
Global Ransomware attack downs Florida Supreme Court and European Universities
A Global Ransomware campaign has reportedly targeted over 3800 organizations so far, including Florida Supreme Court and Universities operating in the United States and Central Europe. Analysis conducted by Ransomwhere; a digital platform that keeps a tab of all international cyber attacks says that the number of victims might increase as time unfolds. As the […]
Unpatched VMware servers vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks
France, Canada, Finland, and Italy have collectively released a warning against a ransomware attack that is targeting VMware servers through a vulnerability. And if facts are considered, the issue seems to be a two-year-old susceptibility that was fixed already. However, thousands of systems are still vulnerable to attacks, says the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) of […]
Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google
The first news that is trending is associated with financial service provider PayPal. News is out that social security numbers of nearly 35,000 users were leaked in a cyber attack that could have emerged from a credential stuffing campaign launched by a state funded actor. According to the update provided by a source from PayPal, […]
Ransomware being spread through Fortinet VPN Devices
A Canadian college and a global investment firm’s computer network were compromised with ransomware after hackers broke into the virtual private network of Fortinet devices. The incident was discovered by the security researchers from eSentire in October 2022. But for reasons they made the information public in Jan 2023. eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU) stated […]
Intel and Check Point Software extend partnership for ransomware protection
Intel, the world-renowned silicon chipmaker, has extended its partnership with Check Point Software technologies to boost its chipsets defense line against ransomware attacks. So, as a part of this collaboration the Harmony Endpoint solution from Check Point will be integrated into Intel vPro’s AI and ML driven threat detection tech allowing CPUs manufactured by the […]
Ransomware criminals prey on victims paying for data deletion
We all know that cyber-criminal gangs spreading file encrypting malware are nowadays first stealing data and then encrypting it until a ransom is paid. And if a victim denies paying a ransom or doesn’t entertain their demands, they simply sell that stolen data on the dark web to make money. And if the victim pays […]
