While well-organized cybercriminals are devising complex ransomware attacks on organizations worldwide, there are some novice cryptographers developing non-malicious codes to play pranks. In one such latest case, a team tasked…
In a recent alert issued by the US Department of Health and Human Service (HHS), SamSam ransomware attack has targeted eight different government and healthcare entities this year. The alert…
According to a local new outlet, SamSam attack on Atlanta’s municipal system has cost the administration roughly 2.7 million dollars in employing different system upgrades and ransomware repair measures. Some…
Ransomware brought down the municipal system of Atlanta to the ground for several days. Many departments are still reeling from the aftershocks of the attack and dealing with ransomware removal….
During this decade, we have seen, time and again, how data has transformed into a precious commodity. Majority of the cyber attacks are now launched to comprise the user data…
Lately, ransomware attacks have earned the status of the most nefarious cyber threat. Unlike traditional cyber attacks that mostly work in stealth mode to inflict their damages, this cryptovirological code…
Over the weekend, the automated dispatch system of 911 in Baltimore sustained a cyber attack, which resulted into 17 hour shutdown of the automatic emergency services. Following the attack, Baltimore’s…
We are all well aware of the threat posed by ransomware attacks for personal computers and handheld computing devices. But researches are pointing out towards another trend in near future…
Tools and techniques to restore ransomware files and ransomware repair are improving, but so is the coding of these malwares. Ransomware developers are constantly succeeding in making it hard to…
Ransomware attacks are getting bigger and severe in their scope by time. We can see the evil prowess of ransomware attacks at display in Atlanta where the city’s municipal system…
