Ransomware

For the first time, the hackers group that is being sponsored by North Korea State government is found spreading ransomware on computer networks related to companies and organizations operating in South Korea. According to the intelligence gathered by the National Police Agency of South Korea, the Kim Jong UN funded hacking groups were caught stealing […]

First is the news related to Southampton County of Virginia, as information is out that personal information of many county populaces was stolen in a ransomware attack that occurred in September 2022. Details are in that cyber criminals gained access to a server at Southampton and siphoned details such as name, social security numbers, driving […]

Microsoft, the technology giant of America, has linked Clop Ransomware gang’s whereabouts to a corporate network that was previously hit by Raspberry Robin worm. Meaning the said malware is acting as an access point to hackers spreading the said version of file encrypting malware. First spotted in September 2021, Raspberry Robin was found distributing to […]

Lloyd’s London, a leading insurance trader in the world, has apparently experienced cyber attack that is currently being deeply probed. The company issued a press statement that it has hired a cyber experts team to investigate the incident and those behind the attack. Because, UK is supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, the suspicion […]

Cyderes, a Cybersecurity Risk Management firm from Missouri, has discovered that corrupting files are proving cheaper, is faster and is less likely to be detected by security solutions. For this reason, some hacking groups who were into ransomware attacks have set up a separate sect of threat actors who are being assigned the job of […]

Three Iranian Nationals were indicted by the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FBI on Thursday on ransomware charges hitting the US Critical Infrastructure. The Culprits named in the court documents are Ahmad Khatiba Aghda, Amir Hussain, and Mansoor Ahmadi believed to be living in Iran. Anyone who discloses the information of the criminals will […]

A recent study made in the time frame of January to June this year revealed that over 1.2 million ransomware attacks were launched so far in this year. And as per an estimate, most of the targets were businesses operating in healthcare, finance, education, utilities and technology sectors. The research carried out by Barracuda networks […]

GIGN, an elite cyber force set up by French National Gendarmerie, has lowered the ransom demanded by hackers to free up data on the database of a Paris Hospital. CHSF Hospital Centre in Corbeil-Essonnes is the healthcare service provider in discussion whose servers storing imaging and patient data were locked up by encryption. As per […]

Many companies, irrespective of the investment and size, are in an illusion that ransomware attackers do not target them, as they are not a popular company and do not have a business stature that could attract the attention of hackers. In this below article, let us discuss on some of such myths that are keeping […]