Ransomware Attack
Ransomware attack on law firm leads to data breach
Campbell Conroy & O’Neil’s law firm has issued a public statement early today that it was a victim of a ransomware attack on February 27th,2021 and the incident could have led to a potential data breach that is under serious investigation. The law firm that has some of the renowned companies as clients has determined […]
First 2020 Ransomware attack on US Election Infrastructure
Hall County, located in Georgia and a few hours away from Atlanta has made it official that the ransomware attack that took place on its government servers on October 7th,2020 might have also impacted the election infrastructure of the state to a certain extent. Thus, with this surprising revelation, Georgia County happens to be […]
Ransomware Attack on DXC Technology Xchanging
DXC Technology that offers business to business IT services has issued a formal statement that certain systems belonging to its business subsidiary, Xchanging were down due to a ransomware attack. But the good news is that the situation is under control as the company’s IT staff has taken all measures to contain and remediate the […]
Vital questions to answer before paying ransom in a ransomware attack
Is your company vulnerable to ransomware attacks? Or have you been attacked with ransomware already? If so, these are the questions to answer before paying a ransom to those who locked out your database from access. Better not to Pay- FBI has already released a press update in November last year that the best practice […]
Australia Toll Group suffers Nefilim ransomware attack
For the second time this year, Australian logistics company Toll Group has revealed that it has suffered a ransomware infection which disrupted the operations of several of its servers. And the interesting part of this second ransomware attack is that the company witnessed a new variant of malware infection dubbed Nefilim where hackers spreading […]
Ransomware attack on Miami Beach Police and Florida County Election
News is out that a ransomware attack took place on the North Miami Beach Police department locking down the entire computer network of the law enforcement agency. However, officials have assured that no personal information was compromised in the incident and there will be no interruption to public safety services due to the cyber […]
Ransomware news trending on Google
The first news which is trending on Google and related to Ransomware is about Robbinhood malware which can disable all security settings on Windows 7,8 and 10 machines. Security researchers from Sophos have discovered that a flaw in Gigabyte’s motherboards is allowing hackers to induce Robbinhood ransomware into the Windows Computers after which the file-encrypting […]
Ransomware attacks can be blocked with these firewall best practices
As ransomware attacks are hitting the news headlines, CIOs and CTOs are in a lookout for a permanent solution to curb such attacks on their IT infrastructure respectively. So, security analysts are suggesting the following firewall best practices to prevent file-encrypting malware attacks from infiltrating a network laterally. And they are as follows- Cut […]
Ransomware attack on companies operating in Spain
A ransomware attack is reported to have crippled the digital networks of several companies operating in Spain which includes Cadena SER Radio and Spain’s National Security Department. The disruption was huge as it has impacted a chain of local and countryside stations of the National Broadcaster severely. Highly placed sources from Cadena Ser’s Local […]
Ransomware attack on cosmetics brand The Heat Group and BillTrust
Australia’s popular cosmetics brand ‘The Heat Group’ is reported to have suffered a ransomware attack early this year. The Founder of the online makeup kits distributor Gillian Franklin endorsed the news and said that the cyber attack almost made her loose business and is estimated to have incurred $2 million in losses for the current […]
