Ransomware
West Virginia hospitals become a victim of a Ransomware attack
Two hospitals in West Virginia are reported to have fallen victim to a ransomware attack launched last week. And as a result of the impact, it’s said that both the healthcare units have stopped accepting patients for emergency service transports. Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) in Wheeling and East Ohio Regional Hospital (EORH) in Martins […]
Sophos gives a new report on premeditating Ransomware Attacks
Hackers have started launching a new method of ransomware attacks where millions of dollars are being reaped by exploiting the availability of Windows System Administration Tools. Yes, a report from the Britain based cybersecurity company Sophos claims these findings to be absolutely true. The Sophos study claims that cyber crooks have devised a new method […]
Cyber Attack news trending now
1.) A research published in the journal Nature Communications says that the 2016 US elections were influenced by fake news spread by 6% of Twitter Bots. The numbers from Facebook aren’t available now. But the study confirms that a lot of accounts (1 million Approx) which have been suspended in March this year by the […]
Dharma Ransomware Attack on Texas-based Hospital
A Texas-based hospital is said to have become a victim of ransomware outbreak in September this year which is said to have leaked patient data on a simultaneous note. The Altus Bay Hospital (ABH) is the healthcare organization in the discussion which released a detailed press statement on the incident yesterday. ABH mentioned in its […]
Ransomware attacks on Apple devices have increased by 500%
Ransomware attacks on Apple Mac and iOS devices are up by 500% says a survey conducted by Datto- an American cybersecurity and data backup company. The survey findings are a part of a comprehensive report on how the said malware is affecting SMBs worldwide. Datto Survey on ransomware says that 55% of Managed Service Providers(MSPs) […]
Ransomware spread witnesses a year on year growth
SonicWall, a San Jose based security firm has concluded in its recent survey that Malware and ransomware spread is witnessing a year on year growth. The cyber security company says that it detected a 44% growth in the amount of malware infecting user’s machines between January and October this year. At the same time, the […]
Media Prima Berhad Malaysia servers hit by Ransomware Attack
Media Prima, which happens to be one of the top media companies in Malaysia, is reported to have been hit by a cyber attack of ransomware variant on Thursday last week. And as per the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, the attack disrupted most of the in-house digital services like email correspondence since then. A […]
Fresh SamSam Ransomware attack campaign targets 67 organizations
SamSam Ransomware was found hitting organizations operating in the US again and this time mostly those belonging to healthcare. A survey conducted by Symantec discovered that at least 67 organizations were hit by the said data locking malware this year, with 61 of attacks reported in the US alone. Just a minute number of attacks […]
Ransomware attack news for this day
1.) Servers at the West Haven have been down since Tuesday this week due to a cyber attack and reports are now in that the IT staff of the Connecticut based county has paid $2000 in bitcoins to the hackers in order to decrypt their data from ransomware. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that […]
Ransomware Attack on North Carolina County
Reports are in that hackers have targeted the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority’s (ONWASA) Internal Computer System including servers and computer systems on Saturday last week disrupting the databases which stored the customer information. However, a spokesperson from the North Carolina based County said that the hack did not compromise any of the customer information […]
