The Rouen University Hospital-Charles Nicolle in northern France has been targeted to a ransomware attack with consequences similar to that of the infamous WannaCry attack of 2017. IT staff discovered …
Fake Windows Update Delivers Cyborg Ransomware
A fake Windows Update spam campaign drops Cyborg ransomware when the recipient opens an attachment titled "the latest critical update." Trustwave discovered the campaign and said that although the …
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Ransomware hits Louisiana state government systems
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards revealed a ransomware attack yesterday took down websites and the Louisiana state government network. Edwards stated that the Office of Technology Services …
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Healthcare Malware Infections Soar 60% from 2018
Malwarebytes recently released a statement claiming that ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations (HCO) has increased by 60% since 2018. HCOs are increasingly the targets of attack due to the …
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This unusual new ransomware is going after servers
An unusual ransomware named PureLocker by cybersecurity analysts has been targeting enterprise servers. PureLocker is written in PureBasic, which easily targets different platforms as it is …
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Counterterrorism expert: Small healthcare companies are the new ransomware targets
MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi states that his firm has seen a 500% increase in calls from healthcare companies over the past several months. Pinhasi claims that ransomware attackers have shifted from …
Mexican Oil Company Pemex Hit by Ransomware
Parts of the Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company network were taken down after they suffered from a ransomware attack on Sunday. Although the attack was quickly neutralized and had a low …
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Major ASP.NET hosting provider infected by ransomware
SmarterASP.NET reported that they were attacked by ransomware on Saturday, November 9th. The hosting provider currently boasts 440,000 customers and reported that users’ accounts were under attack in …
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Who is responsible for Active Directory security within your organization?
A new study by Alsid and YouGov found that 36% of organizations believe that when the current threat landscape is taken into account, their cybersecurity posture is weaker than it was 5 years ago. …
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Experts: Don’t reboot your computer after you’ve been infected with ransomware
Users who fall victim to ransomware should not to reboot their computers because this could make the infection worse under some conditions, Coveware CEO & Co-Founder Bill Siegel warns. Siegel …