Here you will find all the articles with the tag: ransomware attacks.
The cyberattackers are using fake booking emails to phish. A hacker group tracked as TA558 has upped their activity this year, running phishing campaigns that target multiple hotels and firms in the hospitality and travel space, according to a report in BleepingComputer. The cyberattacker use... Read more
2 years ago
Colosseum Dental Benelux has decided to pay ransom to the cybercriminals that attacked the Dutch dental organization last week. The amount paid is unknown. 120 of its dental practices closed shop late last week. The dental organization announced it saw no other way out but to pay. "The care of ... Read more
2 years ago
The Black Cat ransomware takes charge of a cyberattack on a Luxembourg-based power company. On July 22 and 23, an attack on Encevo's energy and gas rail line corporation in Luxembourg contributed to network invaders trying to withdraw data. The connection to Black Cat, also recognized as ALPH... Read more
2 years ago
Despite consistent efforts to thwart it, ransomware remains a persistent problem for businesses and consumers worldwide. Zscaler has released its latest report titled ThreatLabz 2022 Ransomware Report. The study has revealed the number and scope of ransomware attacks has grown unabated, generati... Read more
2 years ago
Lincoln College in Illinois is forced to permanently close its doors after a ransomware attack at the end of last year. The attack caused such damage that fundraising was no longer possible. According to the college, the ransomware attack caused such damage to data and systems that recovery took... Read more
2 years ago
The White House has issued a warning to businesses that Russia may be preparing cyberattacks against key infrastructure in the United States. President Biden reaffirmed the message on Monday, saying that developing intelligence revealed Russia is looking into options for possible cyberattacks. T... Read more
2 years ago
Threat analysts saw 722 different ransomware strikes utilizing 34 different variations in Q4 of 2021, indicating that the ransomware landscape was quite active. This flurry of activity makes it difficult for defenses to keep track of individual group strategies, signs of vulnerability, and ... Read more
2 years ago
An Mimecast survey found that organizations are confident in their ransomware preparedness despite consistently being the target of attacks. Mimecast Research this week announced the publication of its new report, “State of Ransomware Readiness: Facing the Reality Gap.” Over the past yea... Read more
2 years ago
The attacks mostly targeted government agencies and think tanks in the United States, Ukraine and U.K. Russia was behind 58 percent of all state-backed cyber attacks carried out over the past year on Western targets, according to new research conducted by Microsoft. The report also found that Ch... Read more
3 years ago
Sophos Group researchers released details concerning new ransomware written in Python that attackers deploy to compromise and encrypt virtual machines hosted on an VMware ESXi hypervisor. The ransomware attack was first discovered at 12:30 am on Sunday when those behind the attack breached into ... Read more
3 years ago
