Tag: ransomware
New York Senators Proposes Bill to Ban Ransomware Payments
Two senators of New York state recently came up with two bills to ban government agencies and local municipalities from using public money for...
Trend Micro’s Fake Factory OT Honeypot Lures Real Threat Actors
Cybersecurity solutions provider Trend Micro revealed the results of its six-month operational technology (OT) honeypot, which was a look-alike of a real industrial factory....
“We are seeing very tailored attacks targeted against very specific businesses”
Rik Ferguson is one of the biggest cybersecurity influencers in the world. He is the Vice President of Security Research at Trend Micro and...
The History of Security and the Fight to Protect Ourselves
While almost everyone in modern industry has heard and thought about cyberattacks, breaches, data compromises and defenses, cyber warfare pre-dates the modern computing era....
EKANS aka SNAKE Ransomware Slithers Slowly Through Corporate Networks
After Ryuk and Zeppelin, Snake Ransomware is a new breed of ransomware attack that targets not one or two but all computers on a...
5 Threat Predictions for 2020: Are You Prepared?
With 2019’s headlines of ransomware, malware, and RDP attacks almost behind us, we shift our focus to the cybercrime threats ahead in 2020. Cybercriminals...
The Domino Effect: British Banks Running Dry After Travelex Cyberattack
As reported earlier, a cyberattack that hit Travelex, the foreign currency exchange provider, on the New Year’s Eve is now confirmed to be a...
City of Las Vegas Confirms Cyberattack
The City of Las Vegas has confirmed a cyberattack that compromised its entire computer network systems. The officials stated that citizens may face brief...
Maastricht University Ransomware Attack: All Systems Blacked-Out
Maastricht University in the Netherlands is trying to recover from a hard fall it took from a massive ransomware attack that hit them just...
Pensacola Ransomware: Hackers Release 2GB Data as a Proof
Hackers who carried out Maze Ransomware attack in the Pensacola city of Florida have released two gigabytes of data files stolen before encrypting the...
