Ransomware – A Pandemic Plaguing the Digital World
The world faced a growing spate of ransomware attacks in 2020. While malware was planted on systems throughout the year, it was detected only...
Ransomware Operators Exploit 2 CVEs in VMWare ESXi
Ransomware gangs are evolving every day. The latest trend suggests that they are after the backup servers or machines that contain backed up data....
U.K. Research and Innovation Agency Suffers Ransomware Attack
The U.K. Research and Innovation (UKRI) center confirmed that it suffered a ransomware attack that encrypted sensitive data and affected two of its services...
Fonix Ransomware Gang Locks Shop and Releases Master Decryption Key
Fonix ransomware, which notoriously seemed to be picking up in the last few months of 2020, has reportedly suspended operations and released a master...
Cybereason Partners with Intel for Hardware-Enabled Ransomware Prevention
AI-based cybersecurity firm Cybereason recently announced a collaboration with Intel Hardware Shield to provide protection against ransomware attacks without disrupting the CPU resource consumption....
Bitdefender Takes Victims of DarkSide Ransomware Towards Light
Encryption and decryption are two sides of the same coin. And ransomware operators often use encryption to take users to the dark side; however,...
New Year Brings New Ransomware Strain “Babuk Locker”
While the world is reeling from the aftereffects of the pandemic, cyberspace is getting infected with the first ransomware strain of 2021. Dubbed as...
Ryuk Ransomware Gang Made More Than $150 Mn in Ransom
Ransomware attacks were the most observed security incidents in 2020. Multiple attacks and new ransomware variants were reported. Recently, a series of Ryuk ransomware...
2021 Cybersecurity Predictions: From the Rise of Ransomware to Remote Working, it is Time...
As we say goodbye to 2020, here are some 2021 cybersecurity predictions on ransomware, synthetic media, hacking for hire, and remote working for organizations...
Conti Ransomware Gang Takes Down Sangoma Technologies
On Christmas eve, Sangoma Technologies, a provider of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), disclosed a data breach that compromised one of the company’s...
