Tag: ransomware
CISO MAG Rewind: Biggest Financial Data Breaches of 2019
By Rudra Srinivas
The Banking and Financial sectors were hit with a constant stream of cyber-attacks when compared to other sectors. According to Intsights Q1...
Asigra Vows Defense to Canadian Non-Profit Organizations
Asigra Inc., a Canadian cloud-based backup, recovery and restoration software service provider, announced a new program that focusses on defending the backup repositories and...
Henry County’s Malware Attack Dents Administrative Pockets
To restore parity from a malware attack and a corresponding data breach, Henry County, a county located in north-central Georgia, ended-up paying more than...
LifeLabs Pays Ransom to Recover 15 million Users Data
LifeLabs, a Canadian laboratory testing and diagnostics services provider, reported of a Ransomware attack to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of...
New Ransomware “Zeppelin” Targets High Profiles in Canada and Europe
Security researchers stated that cybercriminals have created a new ransomware variant titled “Zeppelin” to target healthcare and IT companies in the U.S., Canada, and...
Around 100 Dentist Offices Affected by Sodinokibi Ransomware
Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), a Colorado-based IT services provider to oral-care practices, have reportedly been affected by a “Sodinokibi” ransomware attack.
According to security researcher...
NYPD infected by a Ransomware, Accidentally!
NYPD’s fingerprint database was shut down for a few hours in October last year, when an accidental ransomware infection affected nearly 23 machines linked...
RIplace – A Security Evading Ransomware Technique
Nyotron’s research team has discovered a new ransomware technique that goes undetected in most antivirus, anti-ransomware and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions. The...
Hackers Demand US$14M in Ransom to Unlock Systems in U.S. Nursing...
Virtual Care Provider, a technology services provider for nursing homes and acute care sites, was hit with a ransomware attack that seized access to...
Ransomware Attack: French Hospital Reverts to Pen and Paper
Rouen University Hospital Center (CHU) in northern France suffered a major ransomware attack. Nearly 6,000 hospital computers were infected forcing the staff to resort...
