Ransomware Attack
Europol and Dutch National Police offer free decryption tools for GandCrab Ransomware
In the first of its kind move, the Europol and Dutch National Police on a joint note have issued a free decryption tool for those databases which have been locked by GandCrab ransomware. The tool will be available at no cost on ‘No More Ransom Portal’ and will help the victims in unlocking the systems […]
Google Trending news related to Cyber Attacks
1.) From now on, the government of Maryland has decided to draw stringent penalties against ransomware developers and spreaders with state lawmakers already planning to transform the bill into law by March second week this year. Thus, those convicted of ransomware crimes may face tougher penalties in coming weeks which include those who plotted ransomware […]
Ransomware Attack on Crosby International School District IT systems
Crosby International School District (ISD), a public school district based on Harris County, Texas is said to have become a victim of a ransomware attack on a recent note. Reliable sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that a malware attack which took place at 10:30 am on Sunday has locked the IT systems database from […]
Google trending Ransomware and Cyber Attack news of the day
1.) Olympia Financial Group of Canada has claimed that its IT Infrastructure has been encrypted by ransomware and the hackers are demanding a huge amount of ransom in cryptocurrency to decrypt the data. The IT department of Olympia says that the attack took place on Feb 2nd this year and the ransomware variant is under […]
Ransomware attack on Akron City of Ohio
Officials of the Ohio city have confirmed last week’s media reports stating a ransomware attack on the city’s digital assets which includes the disruption and closure of 311 call center helpline for a few days. Akron which is a scenic city in Ohio is battling with erratic weather from the past few days. Adding to […]
Ransomware attack on Salisbury Police Department
A ransomware attack which took place on or before January 9th of this year on ‘Salisbury Police Department (SPD)’ is said to have locked down access to emails and data related to recent arrests says a press report released on Wednesday by the law enforcement agency. High placed sources say that the attack was a […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
Bristol Airport has issued an official statement a few hours ago saying that a cyber attack caused the information screens to go out of service on both Friday and Saturday. As a result of this glitch, the airport witnessed a meltdown for 3 full days making holidaymakers read their flight departure times off whiteboards spread […]
News about Wannacry hitting Australian Computers and Cyber Attack on Air Canada
Malwarebytes latest investigation has discovered that the Wannacry Ransomware which disrupted more than 250,000 computers worldwide last year has again hit thousands of systems in Australia and millions across the world in 2018. According to the Cybersecurity firm, more than 3,388 Wannacry cases have been detected till date since Jan this year and the number […]
Ransomware attack on Cloquet School District
The Minnesota based Cloquet School District database was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack early this month. And it’s said that the school administration decided not to bow down to the hackers and instead recreate the data lost due to the encrypting malware. As per the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, the said public school […]
Cyber Attack news this week
Microsoft issued a public statement a few hours ago stating that it stopped a potential Russian Linked Cyber attack on prevalent political parties in the United States. The technology giant said that attack was launched to target few of the US midterm election probables and was possibly launched by Fancy Bear- A hacking group being […]
