Tag: ransom
Ransomware Resolve: University of Utah Pays $457K to Restore Data
The University of Utah's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (CSBS) suffered a ransomware attack in July 2020 which affected .02% of the college’s...
Pay-up! Hackers Demand $7.5 Million to Free-up Telecom Argentina’s Systems
An Argentine telecommunication services provider, Telecom Argentina, reportedly fell prey to a ransomware attack on July 18, 2020. The effects of the attack were...
Surge in Cyberattacks Leaves Economic Impact on U.S. State and Local...
A survey report from KnowBe4, a provider of security awareness training for social engineering, spear phishing and ransomware attacks, revealed that rising ransomware attacks...
California University Paid $1.14 Mn Ransom for Decryption Key
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recently admitted that it paid $1.14 million to cybercriminals after suffering a ransomware attack. In an official...
Is There a “SNAKE” Under Honda’s Hood?
Although metamorphically, however, many cybersecurity experts believe that “there is a Snake under Honda’s hood”. Yes, you read it right! Operations of the Japanese...
Paying Ransom Doubles the Cost of Ransomware Attack: Research
Cybersecurity firm Sophos recently announced the findings of its global survey “The State of Ransomware 2020,” which revealed that paying ransom for data decryption...
Texas Court Systems Affected by Ransomware Attack
Websites of the Texas Supreme Court and the state’s appellate courts remained shuttered after being hit by a ransomware attack. The attack affected websites...
“ColdLock” Ransomware Hits Taiwanese Organizations
Researchers discovered a new ransomware codenamed “ColdLock” that targeted several organizations in Taiwan. According to researchers from Trend Micro, the ransomware appears to target...
Ransom Payments Up 33% In Q1 2020; Sodinokibi and Ryuk Tops...
The average enterprise ransom payments increased 33% ($111,605) in Q1 of 2020 from Q4 of 2019, according to the Coveware Ransomware Marketplace Research report....
ExecuPharm Suffers Ransomware Attack, Hackers Published Data on Darknet
The U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant ExecuPharm admitted it became a victim of a cyberattack. In a letter to the Vermont attorney general office, ExecuPharm said...
