Ransomware Attack
Ransomware news on Spartanburg Public Library and GandCrab
Spartanburg County Public Library was hit by a ransomware cyberattack on Monday this week and so the users of the library were not in a position to check out or return books from that day onwards. The library staff has issued a notice on Tuesday saying the computer systems were down for maintenance and so […]
Spritecoin Cryptocurrency is fake and instead spreads Ransomware
All those who are interested in buying a new form of cryptocurrency named SpriteCoin here’s a fact to enlighten your minds. According to a research conducted by Fortinet researchers from Fortiguard Labs, the said crypto coin is fake and instead delivers ransomware which locks down your mobile or PC. Research says that ‘SpriteCoin’ unlike advertised […]
Adams Memorial Hospital suffers a Ransomware Attack
Adams Memorial Hospital has admitted that few of its servers were attacked by hackers with ransomware on January 11th this year. Ransomware is nothing but a kind of malware which encrypts all the data in the database and offers access only when a ransom is paid to the hackers or ransomware spreaders. The healthcare which […]
Vladimir Putin led Russian Military was behind NotPetya Ransomware attack!
The year 2017 witnessed two variants of Ransomware attacks on private and public entities operating across the world. First, it was the much talked WannaCry Ransomware which disrupted almost 300,000 computers working across 150 countries in May’17. And the second was NotPetya ransomware attack which struck mostly the businesses operating in Ukraine and Europe in […]
Hancock Memorial Hospital becomes a victim of Ransomware Attack
Hancock Regional Hospital located in Hancock County, Indiana has become the latest victim of SamSam Ransomware attack. The healthcare services provider announced on Sunday that a group of hackers has shut down their computer network by encrypting the database and are demanding a sum of $55,000 worth of cryptocurrency to decrypt the database. As of […]
