Ransomware
Ransomware attack on US Gas supply
DHS has issued an advisory yesterday citing a recent ransomware attack on a natural gas supplier as an example that critical infrastructure in the United States was super-vulnerable to cyber attacks. The security advisory has highlighted the fact that companies should take the incident as a wake-up call and take all necessary measures to prevent […]
US healthcare industry incurred damage of $150 M from Ransomware
A study concluded by Tech research firm Comparitech has confirmed that the damage caused by the US Healthcare Industry due to ransomware is estimated to be around $157 million since 2016. However, the research also highlighted the fact from the study that actual ransom demands only accounted for 11% of the total share which comes […]
RYUK Ransomware attack on servers of Port Lavaca City Hall
Russian hackers developed RYUK Ransomware is said to have hit the servers operating in the city of Port Lavaca disrupting almost all the critical servers of the City Hall. However, Mayor Jack Whitlow has assured that no data was compromised in the incident and the activity to re-build the data from backups was already going […]
RANSOMWARE AND YOUR BUSINESS
This post was originally published by (ISC)² Management. Ransomware is in the news lately with attacks on Norsk Hydro, multiple cities in Florida, Baltimore and Atlanta, not to mention the numerous hospitals that have been hit. Read more here: https://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/2020/02/ransomware-and-your-business.html Photo:www.hipaasecurenow.com
Ransomware Attack on US DOD Contractor
RYUK Ransomware is reported to have targeted the servers of a DOD Contractor last week and news is out that the contractor might take some to recover its data from this incident. The contractor in the discussion is Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) which is a 40 years old company serving the Department of Defense of […]
Cyber attack headlines trending on Google
Finally what we did not expect is happening as a British court has ordered Bitfinex to freeze a Bitcoins payments as it was leading to the wallets of those distributing ransomware. Yes, you have read it right! As most of the cryptocurrency variants can easily be tracked now, an England and Wales High Court has […]
No more Ransomware payments from Taxpayers funds says, New York
State Senators of New York have proposed two new bills that would disallow usage of taxpayers’ funds to pay ransom payments when government agencies fall prey to ransomware attacks. S7246 happens to be the first bill that was proposed by Senator Phil Boyle on January 14th, 2020. And it simply restricts the usage of tax […]
Ransomware payments and downtime grew in 2019
Ransomware which is a file-encrypting malware has been tagged as the most disruptive cyber-attack of 2019. And this was confirmed by a study carried out by Connecticut based Cybersecurity firm Coverware. In a recent Ransomware Marketplace report released by Coverware, the downtime caused by the malware is reported to have grown by 60% in the […]
Sodinokibi Ransomware attack on GEDIA
German automobile spare parts maker GEDIA is in news for wrong reasons. A hacking group related to Sodinokibi is threatening to publish data which it procured after encrypting the database of Gedia with the file-encrypting malware. News is out that the hacker’s group related to Sodinokibi wants to prove their stand and so are […]
Ransomware attack on New Orleans Ernest N Morial Convention Center
Ernest N.Morial Convention Center which happens to be located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States is in news for all wrong reasons. It is said that the convention center which has hosted several NBA and PFL Events was hit by a ransomware attack recently. News is out that the digital services were severely affected […]
