The most profitable form of malware is now stagnant
Ransomware still continues to be the most profitable form of malware out there but a recent global report indicated that the threat is now stagnant and not ever-growing. BitDefender came…
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…
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…
Decryption tool for some Gandcrab variants is now available
Gandcrab ransomware has been inflicting cryptovirological attacks since January 2017. In this time period, many variants of this ransomware family have been developed. There is good news for all those…
Altus Baytown Hospital
The management at Altus Baytown Hospital has recently made contact with its patients and inquired about the whereabouts of their data. The reason behind this frenzy is a ransomware attack…
Hospitals Are At Risk
Do you know that in one out of three cases of ransomware attacks, the victims is always a hospital? Well, this is what Beazley’s recent cybersecurity report suggested. Beazley conducted…
Colorado’s CTO emphasizes on layered security
In February 2018, Colorado’s Department of transportation became the first major ransomware casualty of the year. Cryptovirological attackers targeted the department’s server with a variant of SamSam ransomware. The administration…
Ransom demands are soaring
Beazley, an insurance company, has uncovered some interesting numbers on the latest ransomware strains. The report—which was published by Beazley Breach Response Services team—illustrated an astonishing fact: ransom demands are…
Muscatine Officials Reverting to the Old Ways
Recently, we reported about the ransomware attack on the town of Muscatine, a city in Iowa. Authorities have still not been able to find the exact attack vector through which…
iCloud Hacker Demanded $175,000 From Apple
Recently, a cybercriminal was involved in court proceedings in a UK court. The cybercriminal was earlier found to be accessing Apple iCloud accounts through hacking. Like other ransomware attackers, the…