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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport In U.S fell victim to a cyber attack on April 29th and officials have confirmed its a ransomware that had affected their systems for a while. There wasn’t any flight delays and security check hindrances but 95% of the systems went offline. On April 21, the malware was discovered on the […]
The world is still suffering from ransomware, even after the growth of its less noisy cousin, the crypto jacking malware. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is the latest high-profile installation that suffered a ransomware attack. The mayor’s office, headed by Mayor Frank Jackson called it an “isolated technical issue,” as it tried to calm the public […]
One of the biggest malware threats of 2018 was Ransomware, and it continues to disrupt businesses and daily lives of individuals across the world. In 2019 ransomware has taken a new form – security experts believe that researchers have noted thousands of different ransomware variants looming large on the internet. ransomware is becoming more sophisticated […]
GandCrab ransomware was first introduced in early 2018 and it is an infamous family of cryptovirus. It has this dubious distinction as one of the most destructive cyber infections, and within a year, it has created enough furor. The ransomware has been using an array of various distribution methods, including cracks, keygens RIG, GradSoft, and […]
Cybercriminals posted a new service called Inpivx, which provides a management dashboard for its customers to manage and to develop the malware from scratch. The new straightforward service allows anyone with average computer skill can create ransomware with all file encrypting mechanism including the decryptor. The service was promoted in Tor site and the package […]
The weather channel hit with a ransomware attack on its own network stop’s the live Broadcasting and down the website about 90 minutes On Thursday morning, from 6AM to 7:39AM. The Weather Channel (TWC) is an American pay television channel owned by The Weather Group, LLC and the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and analysis, […]
The most efficient malware used by cyber crooks is Ransomware. Affecting everyone and everything it continues to wreak havoc on a global scale, from regular Internet users to enterprises to critical infrastructures. So why do hackers still win? Cyber criminals who unleash ransomware have learned that attacks targeting large corporations yield much more profit than […]
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) car parking system hacked and infected with ransomware that allows everyone to have a free park. CIRA is an Internet domain registration authority that manages more than 2.8 million .ca domain, the Internetcountrycodetop-level domain (ccTLD) for Canada. Unknown Cybercriminals compromise the car parking system in CIRA office that managed by other […]
Dana Nessel, the Michigan Atty. General has issued a warning to residents that 600,000 residents of Michigan needs to monitor their bank accounts due to the Wolverine Solution Group’s possible data breach due to ransomware infection that occured last Sep 2018. The official is highly recommending people who received a notification letter confirming that their […]
Ransomware played havoc in 2017, and later in 2019, we all thought that hackers have moved on to crypto jacking, which is a fast and reliable revenue source. Not done, because cybersecurity experts believe that IT managers should still worry about ransomware because attackers are one step ahead. They keep innovating new ways to evade […]
Ransomware attacks are by nature loud, they immediately inform the user of the device that their files are encrypted, and they need to “pay” the ransom in order for their files to be restored. It is already 2019, and there is still much ransomware in the wild, and everyone is at risk, especially those that […]
Obsession really goes a long way for people to get out of their way to cause trouble for others. As PewDiePie emerges as a Youtube sensation, his fanbase grew to an unprecedented level for a YouTube personality. Unfortunately, some of his fans went overboard, their inner script kiddie by modifying ShellLocker ransomware, creating new ransomware […]
Extensive Ransomware Attack forced to shut down operations at, Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s largest aluminum producers. The company suffered production outages across Europe and the U.S. The cyberattack shut down operations in the number of metal extrusion and rolled products plants, which transform the aluminum into finished products for car makers and for […]
A brand new JNEC.a ransomware spreading via recently discovered WinRAR vulnerability exploit to compromise windows computer & demand the ransom amount. This exploits leverage the recently discovered WinRAR ACE code injection vulnerability, since then attackers continuously exploiting the vulnerability to intrude the targeted system in various ways. WinRAR is the worlds most popular Compression tool […]
Hackers launched ransomware attacks on Chinese Government department and infected their internal computer network to lock the file and demand the ransom. The Gandcrab Ransomware is a widespread Ransomware, nowadays it evolves with newly updated features under constant development, to target various countries. Cybercriminals initiated this attack from outside of the country to target the […]
Signing-up for Managed Service Providers (MSP) is a quick solution to lower the cost of maintenance for workstation troubleshooting, repairs, and maintenance. However, allowing a 3rd party company as the system administrators of a corporate network entails its own risks. Such risk may even reach critical operational levels and damage the company, losing weeks if […]
Cybercriminals were paid $400,000 by Officers in Jackson County, Georgia, to eliminate ransomware. This happened on Friday, March as reported on Wednesday. In an interview Sheriff, Janis Mangum instructed StateScoop “The whole lot we’ve got it down. We’re doing our bookings the way in which we used to do it sooner than computer systems. We […]
Rural Jackson County, Georgia computer systems are infected with Massive Ryuk ransomware attack that leads to shut down all the operations. Since there is no way to recover the files back without the decryption key, officials paid $400,000 as a ransom amount to cybercriminals in order to recover the infected system. Authorities Confirmed that the […]
2017 was the Year of the Ransomware when WannaCry and its derivatives wreaked havoc to various computer installations with SMBv1 vulnerabilities. The encrypted user data that WannaCry cost the world an estimated $4 billion worth of ransom payments in Bitcoin that went to the packets of its authors. Fast forward today, in 2019, ransomware is […]
Cyber criminals spreading new ransomware called Jcry which is written in Go language via #OpJerusalem2019 campaign that attack Windows users to encrypt the file and demand the ransom. #OpJerusalem2019 is recently launched a cyber attack against the Israeli Government and the private websites including Coca-Cola, ToysRUs, McDonald ’s. In result, An anonymous hacker group compromised […]
The incident took place on Saturday, March 2, when hackers tried to plant ransomware on over one million Israeli web pages, in a bid to lock the users out until they paid a ransom. Unfortunately, the plan did not go as well as expected, and it was thwarted. Nevertheless, they manage to deface many web […]