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A study conducted by the researchers at Vanderbilt University‘s Owen Graduate School of Management analyzed the list of healthcare data breaches by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In the study, it was concluded that hospitals and medical institutions that were impacted by a ransomware attack or data breach witness 36 additional deaths […]
Marcus Hutchins, who became popular when he helped stop the WannaCry attack two years ago, just saved his ass from going to jail for his infamous malware (created separately). He has been granted a supervised release for one year after he pleaded guilty. Announced by Presiding Judge J. P. Stadtmueller during a court hearing in […]
The laptop is a Samsung model now known as ‘Persistence of Chaos’ due to dangerous malware infection. A few days ago it was reported that a laptop (2008 Samsung 10.2-inch – NC10-14GB netbook) infected with some of the more dangerous malware was up for sale and the highest bid received at that time was $1.1 […]
2019 is shaping up as a year when ransomware infection frequency declined by orders of magnitude, compared to the year 2017 when such malware variant made headlines for causing trouble for millions globally. It was very hard not to notice the everyday news about a firm or a public agency becoming the newest victim of […]
WannaCry, the ransomware that struck in 2017, shook the very foundations of thousands of businesses worldwide. The NotPetya attack that followed also caught many businesses unawares and dealt them a big blow. Well, if we’re not careful enough, another such devastating cyberattack could happen in the near future, thanks to a critical vulnerability named BlueKeep. […]
Microsoft warns users of older versions of Windows of installing Windows Update immediately to protect against potential, widespread attacks. The software giant has fixed vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Services running on Windows XP, Windows 7, and server versions such as Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft is taking this […]
WannaCry hero, Marcus Hutchins, pleads guilty for writing banking malware UPAS Kit and Kronos, prior to years he started his career as malware analyst. He is known for registering the killswitch domain in 2017 which halted the WannaCry ransomware infection process. According to the court documents obtained by ZDNet, he pleaded guilty to two counts, […]
They say WannaCrypt does not infect XP machines but looks like the problem appears on Windows7 machines with no Wanna cry patch. We have seen the devastating cyber attack that crippled computers in UK hospitals, and the UK NHS citing their machines was not patched for WannyCry. Microsoft statement during that time was “that those […]
WannaCry Ransomware started 18 months ago and infected hundreds of thousands of computers all over the world, encrypting data and demanding ransom in return. The infamous malware still lurks on thousands of computers. When WannaCry ransomware first started its attack, Marcus Hutchins, a security researcher from Kryptos Logic registered a domain that worked as a kill […]
Nearly 50 Linux and Windows servers have been affected by these attacks Ransomware attacks became popular (for the worst reasons) in a brief lapse of time. News about attacks such as WannaCry, Petya and NotPetya preceded a substantial increase in the number of small campaigns using similar techniques to extort unsuspecting Internet users. Recently, ethical hacking researchers have disclosed the […]
North Korean Government sponsored APT “Lazarus Group,” member Park Jin Hyok charged for conspiracy to various most destructive Wannacry and Sony Cyber Attack. Lazarus Group conspiracy attacks conducted against various sectors such as entertainment, financial services, defense, technology, and virtual currency industries, academia, and electric utilities. Their activities including the development of various malware that […]
The U.S. has charged and sanctioned a North Korean hacker who is accused of being responsible for the infamous WannaCry Cyberattacks of 2017 and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp. The man named Park Jin Kyok who is the part of the Lazarus Group, a team of hackers, has been sanctioned under the strategy devised […]
Marcus Hutchins, the hero behind the switch of the WannaCry virus, faces new accusations regarding the separate malware that the security investigator allegedly created. Hutchins, a British citizen, was detained in the United States since August last year, after attending various information security conferences in Las Vegas. He was arrested at the airport on his […]
“Small number of systems” suffer “limited malware intrusion” Boeing appears to be the most recent target of the WannaCry ransomware, but the company says that it detected only what it calls “limited malware intrusion” impacting a “small number of systems.” The ransomware first hit Boeing on Wednesday evening, and Mike VanderWel, chief engineer at Boeing Commercial […]
Every NHS trust assessed for cybersecurity vulnerabilities has failed to meet the standard required, civil servants have said for the first time. It was the first time that the NHS came out with the statement that cybersecurity has failed to meet the standard. This was a part of the parliamentary discussion after the disruption from WannaCry, which dislodged many of the […]
The WannaCry ransomware that affected millions of Windows machines earlier this year hardly needs an introduction. The deadly ransomware came into existence after an NSA hacking tool based on a Windows flaw was leaked by a hacker group called Shadow Brokers. All the time since the attack first came to the world’s attention, there has been […]
Post the WannaCry outbreak, the term ransomware has become quite familiar, even to the layman. Today, it’s like ransomware here there and everywhere! It’s like every now and then we hear of ransomware outbreaks, big and small. The HackerCombat team has been keeping track of ransomware attacks all across the globe. Our analysts have been […]
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre states that the WannaCry ransomware was the biggest test of the year. The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre), which was founded last year, has made this observation in its first annual review. The NCSC was launched in October 2016 with an objective to help UK’s “…critical services from cyber attacks, […]
Short Bytes: UK-based hacker Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech, has been arrested by the FBI. He was visiting the US to take part in the annual DefCon and Blackhat conference in Las Vegas. According to the reports, this arrest has been made due to his alleged involvement in the creation and spreading of banking trojan Kronos. Notably, Hutchins found WannaCry […]
Cybercriminals behind Wanna Cry Ransomware worldwide attack that have caused worldwide chaos have finally earned their ransom payments. Nearly three months ago, the Wanna Cry ransomware shut down hospitals, telecommunication providers, and many companies around the world, infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries, encrypting files and uploading victims $ 300- […]
The master key of the original pocket version of ransomware has been unveiled by its creator, allowing infected Petya ransomware victims to recover their encrypted files without having to pay any ransom money. But wait, it’s not NotPetya it’s Petya. Do not confuse the Petya ransomware with the latest ransomware NotPetya destructive (also known as […]