All posts tagged "ransomware"
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3.2KCyber CrimeUnpatched vulnerable VPN servers hit by Cring ransomware
According to Kaspersky’s researchers, Cring ransomware operators are targeting unpatched Fortinet VPN devices/servers. Kaspersky researchers identified a new ransomware strain called Cring that’s...
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2.7KMalwareHackers Exploit Unpatched VPNs to Install Ransomware on Industrial Targets
Unpatched Fortinet VPN devices are being targeted in a series of attacks against industrial enterprises in Europe to deploy a new strain...
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534Cyber AttackBlack Kingdom Ransomware Hunting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
More than a week after Microsoft released a one-click mitigation tool to mitigate cyberattacks targeting on-premises Exchange servers, the company disclosed that...
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1.8KCyber EventsSopra 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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4.1KCyber EventsRansomware 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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1.5KCyber Events5 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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1.3KData Security5 security checks to perform when your site is being developed
Here are five security checks that are necessary to secure your website from cyber-attacks while it is in the development phase –...
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3.1KData SecurityREvil hackers demand $50M from Acer after threatening to leak data
Ransomware demand of $50M from Acer is the biggest ever. The biggest ransomware attack in history was observed on 18th March 2020...
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2.3KData SecuritySarbloh ransomware aims at supporting Indian Farmers’ Protest
The attackers behind Sarbloh ransomware are not looking for money neither do they demand ransom but seek support for Farmers’ Protest in...
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2.7KMalwareHackers Are Targeting Microsoft Exchange Servers With Ransomware
It didn’t take long. Intelligence agencies and cybersecurity researchers had been warning that unpatched Exchange Servers could open the pathway for ransomware...
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1.7KMalwareResearchers Unearth Links Between SunCrypt and QNAPCrypt Ransomware
SunCrypt, a ransomware strain that went on to infect several targets last year, may be an updated version of the QNAPCrypt ransomware,...
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3.9KMalwareGootkit RAT Using SEO to Distribute Malware Through Compromised Sites
A framework notorious for delivering a banking Trojan has received a facelift to deploy a wider range of malware, including ransomware payloads....
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3.8KMalwareEverything You Need to Know About Evolving Threat of Ransomware
The cybersecurity world is constantly evolving to new forms of threats and vulnerabilities. But ransomware proves to be a different animal—most destructive,...
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3.4KRansomwareInfamous Maze Ransomware Operators Shuts Down Operations
Maze ransomware, one of the most dangerous and potent strains of Windows ransomware that have hit companies and organizations around the world...
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465RansomwareHackers Abuse Windows Feature To Launch WastedLocker Ransomware to Evade Detection
Recently one of the most dangerous ransomware, WastedLocker, owes its success to a unique bypass mechanism for security solutions and tools that...
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3.7KRansomwareOperator Behind the Most Infamous GandCrab Ransomware Arrested in Belarus
Law enforcement agencies from Great Britain and Romania Cyber division have identified one of the operators behind the infamous GandCrab Ransomware attack....
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3.2KLeaksWhat Is Ransomware? Know All About It
Ransomware is a waking nightmare about locking and encrypting your valuable files by malware. You need to pay off a nice chunk...
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4.9KRansomwareREvil Ransomware 2.2 Released – Now Encrypts Open and Locked Files
REvil Ransomware also known as Sodinokibi observed wild at the end of April 2019. The REvil ransomware is a part of Ransomware-as-a-Service...
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1.2KRansomwareBeware of Android Coronavirus Tracker app that Lock’s Your Device & Asks Ransom Payment
Cybercriminals using the Coronavirus outbreak to trick users into installing malicious corona virus-related apps. In the current panic, situation users are most...
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4.9KRansomwareNew PXJ Ransomware Delete’s Backup Copies and Disable’s User Ability to Recover any Files
Researchers discovered a new ransomware strain dubbed Pxj that encrypts users’ files appends “.pxj” extension to the encrypted files. The new ransomware...
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500RansomwareRobinhood Ransomware Borrow Vulnerable Driver To Kill Antivirus and Encrypt Windows System Files
Researchers observed a new ransomware family called “Robinhood” that using a digitally signed vulnerable driver to bypass the protection by killing files...
