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Hackers exploiting the recently disclosed Oracle WebLogic Server remote code execution vulnerability to install a new variant of ransomware called “Sodinokibi.” The vulnerability allows anyone with HTTP access to the server can carry out the attack without authentication. The vulnerability affects Oracle WebLogic Server, versions 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, Oracle fixed the issue on April 26, and […]
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, […]
Ransomware attack cripples computer operations at the city of Greenville in South Carolina. The attack forced to shut down the majority of its servers. The city staff and IT professional from other countries working together to determine the source of ransomware infection and o determine the infection. “It’s ransomware. We have received a request for […]
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 […]
Lockergoga infection was first spotted in January 2019, the ransomware particularly targets on critical infrastructure. The Lockergoga ransomware encrypts all the files in the system and appends .locked extension and leaves a ransom note in the desktop folder. It was written in C++ with the helper libraries such as Boost and Crypto++. Now an Alert […]
Local government officials had to pay almost half a million dollars to regain access to their systems According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, ransomware infections have become very common nowadays; these attacks block the infected systems and sometimes the victims have no choice but to give in to the demands […]
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 […]
The banking institution claims that the data and assets of its customers are safe According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the IT teams of CIBanco detected the presence of a malware on the computer of one of its employees. The bank implemented certain security measures, such […]
Researchers discovered new Anatova Ransomware which is called as modular ransomware that encrypt users data with new techniques and demands $700 to unlock the files. The ransomware is a turnkey business for some criminals, and victims still pay the ever-increasing demands for ransom, it’s become a billion-dollar industry that shows no signs of going away […]
Ransomware attack on East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center network caused a downtime and the emergency rooms are unable to take patients. According to Times Leader, the ransomware hits hospital systems on Friday, Nov. 23, evening and the hospitals were not able to accept the emergency squad patients. “At the moment, our […]
The hackers have demanded a ransom of $6.45M USD Media Prima Berhad, Malaysia’s leading media company, has been attacked by a ransomware campaign in which the attackers demanded the company to make a payment of $6.45M USD in exchange for encryption keys, as reported by specialists in digital forensics from the International Institute of Cyber Security. Anonymous […]
According to experts, many municipalities attacked with ransomware do not have many options when facing such an incident The city of West Haven, Connecticut, made the difficult decision to pay a cybercriminal group a ransom of $2k USD after its infrastructure was attacked with a malicious program that crippled its operations, as reported by digital […]
Workers had to improvise solutions Government employees in a small Alaska county have returned to use typewriters to do their job, after a virus attack violated their enterprise network security. A spokesperson from Matanuska-Susitna County said a ransomware attack encrypted the information on their email server, internal systems, and backup servers for disaster situations. The spokesperson mentioned that […]
Networks in 8 countries in North and South America remain offline A “local network collapse”, allegedly caused by a ransomware infection, has led China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) to shut down all of its American office networks, including the one in the United States, while its system are restored, according to reports of specialists in enterprise data protection services from […]
Ransomware attack hits computer systems of Navi Mumbai Mahatma Gandhi Mission Hospital. The attack came into light on Sunday when a receptionist switched on her computer. As soon as they noticed the attack, the hospital authorities tried to disconnect other machines from the network, but it was too late as all the system already infected […]
Ransomware attack again took place on Riverside, Texas Police department computer server that already lost around 10 months of sensitive data by previous ransomware attack. Ransomware has been locked the files and also it delete some of the files which was stored in the infected computer server. U.S. Secret Service agents involved in this case and […]
Hackers infiltrated Massachusetts school district Leominster school computer system earlier this month and locked down the computer system asking for $10,000 ransom to be paid. The school paid ransom to unlock computer system from Ransomware Attack on April 20 and systems not yet fully restored. Police Chief Michael Goldman said the school system is lockdown and […]
A Brand new ransomware attack widely distributed and infect the users based on their geolocation by checking the infected device IP address. Malware authors designed this ransomware to avoid encrypting files for specific countries such as Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. If the Windows users infected by this Ransomware, it tries to find the device location […]
A ransomware attack possibly of SamSam may be responsible for outages in the City of Atlanta’s computer systems. The city information security training experts issued a statement confirming that computers are “currently experiencing outages on various internal and customer facing applications, including some applications that customers use to pay bills or access court-related information.” Members of the […]
FBI called in as some city services are interrupted, employees told to turn off PCs. The city of Atlanta government has apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack. The city’s official Twitter account announced that the city government “is currently experiencing outages on various customer facing applications, including some that customers may use […]
Ransomware is one of the fast Growing threat in the worldwide and its considered as a leader of Global cyber attack in recent days which cause some dangerous issues and loss in many organizations and individuals. Here is the Ransomware Checklist for Attack Response and Mitigation. The ransomware is a turnkey business for some criminals, and victims […]