The latest report from Fortinet: FortGuard’s Latin American Ransomware Attack Reports has released some interest insights about the ransomware strains, especially how they operate in the Latin America. The survey…
Over the past few years, one of the most threatening trends in the cybercrime space is the introduction of RaaS (ransomware-as-a-service) in which ransomware is rented on underground forums. Unfortunately,…
Recently, ransomware breached the defenses of the Jackson County government. As a consequence, the government had to pay $400,000 to the cybercriminals. Currently, the staff at the county are involved…
Cybercriminals were just handed a defeat in Israel. A cyberattack just failed recently as the plan to attack Israeli citizens with ransomware strain was thwarted. Initial reports suggest that the…
The renowned auditing and consulting firm, PwC, has revealed that Iranian citizens were involved in one of the most famous ransomware cases. The firm believes that they masterminded the SamSam…
In a recent turn of events, the highly-publicized ransomware attack on the Wolverine Solutions Group’s (WSG) has now been linked to the infamous Trojan, Emotet. Since the WSG, a service…
There has been a new variant in the CryptoMix Ransomware family. The new variant which was just discovered displayed a new behavior: a .CIOP or .CLOP extension is appended in…
If you live in the USA, then it is possible that you may receive an email from your local healthcare provider about how your information got encrypted due to a…
Maryland’s state assembly recently passed a bill to increase the penalties and sentences for cybercriminals involved in ransomware attacks. A wide-scale cryptovirological attack on one of the state’s healthcare facilities…
Impersonation is a tactic used by many cybercriminals to make their digital shenanigans successful. The social engineering exploits they use are mostly comprised of impersonating activities. Recently, a cyber defense…
