Ransomware
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel says don’t pay up for ransomware attacks
Reiterating what was said by the FBI in November 2019, Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has urged ransomware victims not to pay up as it encourages Cyber Criminals that their hard work is yielding results financially. Paying up a ransom to hackers not only encourages crime but also doesn’t guarantee a decryption key in return […]
Ransomware attack shuts gas supply in United States
A ransomware attack on a gas supplier has reportedly shut down the transport and supply operations across East Coast since Saturday last week and highly placed sources say that the incident might halt the operations for the next few days to come. IT Staff of Colonial Pipeline are currently working 24×7 to resolve the incident […]
Ransomware attackers are now emailing customers of victimized companies
All these days, we have seen ransomware gangs striking companies and stealing & locking up their data from access until a ransom is paid. Now, a research carried out by KrebsOnSecurity says that the gangs are emailing customers of the victimized businesses to put an extra pressure on them. The conformation was given when Krebs […]
SEPE employment agency of Spain targeted by Ransomware Attack
A ransomware attack has disrupted the digital operations of the Spanish Employment Agency SEPE that was suffering already with enormous workload because of pandemic indicted job losses that were driving a negative impact on the economy. SEPE released a press statement that the file encrypting malware incident has impacted the ITC systems, prompting the staff […]
Ransomware news trending on Google
Allergy Partners, that offers high end healthcare services to patients infected with asthma and allergic diseases, has fallen prey to ransomware attack that is being investigated by FBI. Highly placed sources say that the cyber incident took place on February 23rd,2021 and the hackers are demanding $1.75 million as ransom to free up the database […]
39% of Healthcare Organizations Suffered Ransomware Attacks in the Cloud in 2020
As a result of a cloud breach, one in four healthcare organization was fined for non-compliance and 1 in 10 was sued, Netwrix study finds. IRVINE, Calif., February 24, 2021 – Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy, today announced findings for the healthcare sector from its global 2021 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report. The survey found that […]
Ransomware attacks on Hospitals make France President allot €1 billion
After two of the hospitals were badly hit by ransomware attacks last week, the France President Emmanuel Macron took the pledge of allotting €1 billion to bolster the National Cybersecurity Strategy. Speaking briefly to the media after the announcement of the investment, Macron said that attacks on healthcare facilities have shown how vulnerable the infrastructure […]
How to keep backed up data safe from ransomware attacks
We all know that most of the ransomware attacks take place on Windows environments and so security experts are recommending to use something other than the Microsoft giant propelled operating systems for data backups. However, the fact is that most popular backup products are developed to run primarily on the Satya Nadella led company’s software […]
DoppelPaymer Ransomware hits Kia Motors America databases
Kia Motors America is experiencing a nationwide outage because of a ransomware attack and confirmed sources say that the car maker was targeted by DoppelPaymer gang that is demanding $20 million to decrypt the database. In a media update released early this morning, the South Korean company stated that the nationwide IT outage resulted in […]
Ransomware news trending on Google
A France-based hospital was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack and confirmed sources speak in that the healthcare network was hit by those spreading Egregor Ransomware. The hospital that has been hit is Center Hospitalier de Dax Cote d Argent and sources say that the medical facility was hit by ransomware on February 8h,2021. Avast, […]
