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…
Who can be a bigger target for a ransomware attack than a company which deals entirely with the resale of sensitive personal and corporate data? This was certainly the case…
Ransomware removal reporters found out a Scottish business as the latest target of a ransomware. The location of the attack has been found out in Scotland’s Isle of Arran where…
Ransomware is in the air. Public offices have been hit. Data of patients in healthcare industry has been compromised. Financial institutions are in a conundrum. Cybercriminals are continuously looking to…
When an organization pays money to cybercriminals in order to remove ransomware, it not only loses financially but the brand image of its security measures and protocol is also tainted…
Public organizations and local government bodies are the new favorites of ransomware operators. This year we have seen how they have held hostage the municipality system of Atlanta for days….
Hackers and cyber attackers have always been a problem for the online community, since the inception of the internet. Most hackers attack a website with the intent to cause damage…
Ransomware is one of the fastest growing cybersecurity threats in recent times with the estimated losses from 2017 standing at a staggering $5 billion and big names like Reckitt Benckiser,…
Ransomware attacks are not a matter of if but a question of when, so sooner or later, even the best-protected networks that follow good security practices are bound to fall…
Security researchers of the Sophos X-Ops team have identified a new defense evasion tool named ‘AuKill’, which helps ransomware actors disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) security tools before they…
