Only 38% of Government Employees Trained on Ransomware Prevention: IBM Report
A recent survey, "Public Sector Security Research," from IBM Security revealed the results of the local and state employees’ preparedness toward dealing with cyberattacks....
Ransomware Attacks and Data Breaches on U.S. Schools and Colleges Triple in 2019
According to a report from the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, the K-12 public school districts and education agencies across the U.S. suffered a total...
Ransomware Blocks U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Supplies
A ransomware attack on a U.S. natural gas supplying facility brought its operations to a standstill for two days when the organization’s incidence response...
Ryuk Ransomware Campaign Targets Port Lavaca City Hall
The Port Lavaca City Hall’s server was recently hit by Ryuk ransomware that apparently entered through the email system. The ransomware took down the...
Miami Beach Police Department Suffers Ransomware Attack
The North Miami Beach Police Department was recently attacked in a ransomware campaign that encrypted files on the police computer networks. The department immediately...
Maastricht University Pays 30 Bitcoins as Ransom to TA505 Group
Maastricht University (UM), in a press release, revealed that it has paid a ransom of 30 bitcoins for unlocking the servers and systems compromised...
Mailto Ransomware Hits Toll Group, Deliveries Across Australia Affected
Toll Group, Australia’s logistics giant, was targeted by a cybersecurity incident that compromised around 1,000 systems affecting local and global deliveries across the country....
Why CISOs Should Worry About Sodinokibi Ransomware
In late April 2019, researchers from Cisco Talos came across a strain of ransomware that raided a web server. The entry point was a...
Attackers Target Industrial Control Systems with EKANS Ransomware
A threat intelligence report from security firm Dragos recently uncovered “EKANS” ransomware targeting industrial control systems (ICS). Researchers said EKANS is the first kind...
Ransomware Strikes News Monitoring Service Platform TVEyes
TVEyes, a platform for monitoring TV and radio news broadcasts, has taken down its operations due to a ransomware hit. In a tweet, TVEyes...
