Tag: Ransomware Attacks
The Pandemic-hit World Witnessed a 150% Growth of Ransomware
2020 was a difficult year for most people around the globe. It brought upon unprecedented hardships and the situation became worse than just hand-to-mouth....
India Becomes the Second Most Cyberattacked Country in APAC in 2020
The recent surge in technological innovations due to the Indian Government’s “Make in India” and “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (self-reliant India) campaigns along with a shift...
CrowdStrike Introduces New eCrime Index to Shed Light on Intensity of Cybercriminal Market
CrowdStrike Inc., the developer of cloud-delivered endpoint protection solutions, announced the release of the 2021 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. The findings from the report reveal that during...
How DarkSide Ransomware Attack Led Canadian Car Rental Agency to Temporarily Shut Operations
Canada-based car and truck rental services provider Discount Car and Truck Rentals has been hit by DarkSide ransomware. The attackers claimed to have stolen...
NCIJTF Releases Ransomware Fact Sheet for Public Awareness
The U.S. National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) published a new ransomware fact sheet intending to spread public awareness on the ransomware threat...
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...