Ransomware
Garmin servers recover from WastedLocker Ransomware Attack
Garmin LTD, a smart watch maker from America, has made it official that it has recovered fully from the WastedLocker ransomware attack that took place early last week. Although the company did not disclose the way of recovery, a source from the company leaked that the servers were unlocked for access after a ransom of […]
US SEC issues Cybersecurity warning on Ransomware and Phishing Attacks
US SEC has issued a Cybersecurity warning to all its advisors and brokerage dealers about a possible Phishing and Ransomware attack on their IT Infrastructure. The Financial agency has warned that one or more threat actors could use various fraudulent techniques to infiltrate into networks of financial institutes causing severe harm to digital assets. According […]
Europe Police catch COVID 19 ransomware spreading gang
A cybercrime unit formed by a police agency operating in Europe, succeeded in catching cyber criminals on a recent note and sources say that they were trying to spread ransomware to hospitals in the name of COVID 19 testing. According to a statement issued by Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), […]
Ransomware attack on MongoDB Servers along with GDPR threat
All those who are storing unstructured data on MongoDB servers you better check your security settings of the storage server before it is too late. As a group of hackers are seen targeting unsecured MongoDB servers, stealing data, and then threatening the victims to report the data breach to the data watchdogs who then will […]
Ransomware attack on Indian Highways Authority Email Server
As predicted by the Singapore based Cybersecurity firm CyFirma earlier this month, a ransomware attack was launched on the email servers operated by the National Highways Authority of India on Sunday this week. However, as the incident was identified and contained at a preliminary stage, no data loss or disruption was observed. Akhilesh […]
Ransomware news trending on Google
The first and the foremost ransomware news trending on Google is related to Russian hackers targeting work from employees of some multinational firms- including Fortune 500 Companies. According to a research carried out by Cybersecurity firm Symantec, a noted hacking group from Russia dubbed ‘Evil Corp’ was seen targeting employees working from home and […]
Ransomware news headlines trending on Google
FBI has issued a ransomware Private Industry Notification (PIN) alert to K12 schools that some hacking groups will be trying to spread file-encrypting malware by exploiting RDP Connections in school systems. “There is a big amount of chance that schools might reopen for the next academic year with skeletal staff as most of them will […]
Beware of this COVID alert app of Canada filled with Ransomware
As more and more countries are depending on smartphones based technologies and artificial intelligence to contain the spread of COVID 19 pandemic, the government of Canada has also announced that it is soon going to release a COVID Alert app which will help in tracking coronavirus patients easy. But before anything concrete could emerge […]
Ransomware attackers demanding $300,000 from Florence City of Alabama
The City of Florence located in Alabama State of North America is said to have become a victim of a Ransomware attack on June 5th,2020. And the news is out that the hackers managed to lock down access to servers containing sensitive information of the public and are reportedly demanding a ransom of $300,000 to […]
This is how Ransomware can infect a business
All these days we have reported about companies that are or have been targeted by ransomware and some remedies to isolate a company’s digital infrastructure from getting infected by the file-encrypting malware. In this article let’s discuss some common ways on how ransomware can infect an organization irrespective of its size and the business […]
