All posts tagged "ransomware"

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  Emerging Ransomware Targets Dozens of Businesses Worldwide

  An emerging ransomware strain in the threat landscape claims to have breached 30 organizations in just four months since it went operational,...

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  Beef Supplier JBS Paid Hackers $11 Million Ransom After Cyberattack

  Meat processing company JBS on Wednesday confirmed it paid extortionists $11 million in bitcoins to regain access to its systems following a...

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  FBI recovers millions in ransom from DarkSide ransomware gang

  The DarkSide ransomware gang was behind the attack on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States – The recovered...

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  How To

  How gamers should secure their accounts from cyber attacks

  Gaming is a multi-billion industry that is why it is a lucrative target for cybercriminals as well. Gaming giants on the other...

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  5 Top Cybersecurity Threats to Businesses

  Cybersecurity threats are unpredictable but taking a closer look at them and implementing proper security measures seems like a wise decision. The...

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  Data Wiper Malware Disguised As Ransomware Targets Israeli Entities

  Researchers on Tuesday disclosed a new espionage campaign that resorts to destructive data-wiping attacks targeting Israeli entities at least since December 2020...

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  Geek

  Watch out as fake ransomware attack infects PCs with StrRAT

  StrRAT malware has the ability to steal credentials from a targeted system and also change file name extension to .crimson but it...

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  Insurance Firm CNA Financial Reportedly Paid Hackers $40 Million in Ransom

  U.S. insurance giant CNA Financial reportedly paid $40 million to a ransomware gang to recover access to its systems following an attack...

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  Microsoft Warns of Data Stealing Malware That Pretends to Be Ransomware

  Microsoft on Thursday warned of a “massive email campaign” that’s pushing a Java-based STRRAT malware to steal confidential data from infected systems...

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  DarkSide Ransomware Gang Extorted $90 Million from Several Victims in 9 Months

  DarkSide, the hacker group behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack earlier this month, received $90 million in bitcoin payments following a nine-month...

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  Cyber Crime

  DarkSide ransomware call it quits after Bitcoin, servers are seized

  DarkSide Ransomware gang was behind the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack however it is unclear who is behind the seizure of DarkSide’s cyberinfrastructure....

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  Colonial Pipeline Paid Nearly $5 Million in Ransom to Cybercriminals

  Colonial Pipeline on Thursday restored operations to its entire pipeline system nearly a week following a ransomware infection targeting its IT systems,...

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  Malware

  Ransomware Gang Leaks Metropolitan Police Data After Failed Negotiations

  The cybercrime syndicate behind Babuk ransomware has leaked more personal files belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) after negotiations with the...

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  U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack

  The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline’s networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency...

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  Ransomware Cyber Attack Forced the Largest U.S. Fuel Pipeline to Shut Down

  Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of the fuel consumed on the U.S. East Coast, on Saturday said it halted operations due to...

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  Researchers Uncover Iranian State-Sponsored Ransomware Operation

  Iran has been linked to yet another state-sponsored ransomware operation through a contracting company based in the country, according to new analysis....

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  Cyber Events

  Sopra Steria records heavy financial loss after Ryuk ransomware attack

  As reported in October 2020, Sopra Steria, a renowned French IT services provider, confirmed that its systems were targeted with a ransomware...

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  Ransomware attack disrupts Metro Vancouver’s payment systems

  The payments systems remained ineffective for three days after the ransomware attack, but payment data is safe, claims TransLink. TransLink, the agency...

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  5 Biggest Ransomware Attacks of All Time

  Cybersecurity threats, and in particular ransomware attacks, are facts of life and daily occurrences in an increasingly digital economy. The more commercial...

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  Hackers Exploit SonicWall Zero-Day Bug in FiveHands Ransomware Attacks

  An “aggressive” financially motivated threat group tapped into a zero-day flaw in SonicWall VPN appliances prior to it being patched by the...

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  News

  REvil ransomware gang hits Apple supplier Quanta; warns of data leak

  REvil ransomware gang claims to be negotiating with 3rd-parties to sell the alleged stolen data. The infamous REvil ransomware gang (also known...