City of North Bend Hit with Ransomware
A city in North Bend, had been hit with a ransomware attack quite recently. It worked in a manner to lock out a number of workers in the city from…
Sextortion Emails Force Payment via GandCrab Ransomware
The United States has an ongoing campaign of ‘sextortion’, where thousands are being targeted with a GandCrab ransomware and removal which costs the victims $500. These sextortion emails usually ask…
A Security Update on Quora Following Ransomware Attack
The CEO of Quora – Adam D’ Angelo has quite recently posted an update for users which enlightened them about a ransomware attack they experienced quite recently. He started the…
Victims of Ransomware Charged by Russian Scammers
It has been found recently that the ransomware removal consultancy firm – Dr. Shifro has been promising its clients to try and decrypt files, but is scamming them instead. They…
Two Iranians Have Been Indicted for the Atlanta Ransomware Attack
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Northern Georgia has made the latest announcement on the Atlanta ransomware attack. A federal grand jury indicted two individuals who have been…
Strack and Van Til Breached
Cybercriminals have shifted their crosshairs towards a grocery store as the system, under which checkout lanes of Strack and Van Til operated, became encrypted. Reports have emerged that data from…
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools Attacked by a Ransomware Strain
The Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools (JLAS) succumbed to a cyberthreat as Katy Xenakis-Makowski—the school’s superintendent realized that they were hit by the latest ransomware threat. A ransom demand soon followed for…
How Katy Xenakis-Makowski Dealt with a Ransomware Attack
More updates have come on the ransomware attack on Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools (JLAS). According to Katy Xenakis-Makowski—the school’s superintendent—, data related to the staff or students was not compromised. This…
Mat-Su Borough Got Tricked
In the mid of July 2018, the Mat-Su (Alaska) management went on to discover an anomaly in their network. The IT department from Mat-Su Borough chanced upon a malicious piece…
Four Bitcoins for Ransomware Removal
The last week of July was proceeding peacefully for the staff of Valdez City when suddenly a cyberthreat rose to threaten the entire network. Elke Doom, the City Manager, realized…