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…
City of Valdez Paid Ransom
The City of Valdez did not agree to pay bitcoins for ransomware removal without a reason. While contemplating the decision, the management came to know that the data from the…
Quebec Struggles against Ransomware
In the second week of 10th September 2018, the municipal employees belonging to Mekinac—the Canadian region between Quebec City and Montreal—were in for a major shock. As they arrived at…
Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity is now open
Quebec is not the only Canadian business struggling with ransomware attacks; municipalities in Ontario are also facing the same problem. With the increase of such attacks, the electronic intelligence agency…
Tullamore Hospital Busy with Ransomware Removal
Cybercriminals have once again aimed at the healthcare industry; only this time the attack was not targeted towards a US hospital. The fresh breach occurred in another continent, at a…
Hackers Continue to Reinvent their Campaigns
Many of the hackers are now resorting to the conventional and older ransomware infection techniques for maximizing their collection of ransom. These findings were identified by the recent Sophos Labs…
Sophos Attributes SamSam Ransomware’s Success to Manual Attacks
The recent Sophos report unveiled some interesting insights about the manual techniques in ransomware campaigns. To investigate further, Sophos provided the example of SamSam Ransomware — a campaign it has…
WannaCry Ransomware Attacked 75,000 Victims
Kaspersky’s latest report on Q3 about cyberthreats included some fascinating insights. You might have thought WannaCry Ransomware as just a bitter part of history but latest reports suggest that the…
XUY Ransomware: Cryptovirological Discovery
To streamline ransomware removal and recovery protocols, cybersecurity experts regularly look through the internet to find any new cryptovirological strain. In a similar ransomware hunting activity, a group of malware…
Cyber Security Awareness
Last month DHS (Department of Homeland Security) carried out an initiative of “Cyber Security Awareness Month”. The department collaborated with another organization National Cyber Security Alliance. The basic premise of…