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…
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…
Just Enough Administration (JEA) protocols
In this blog, we will continue our discussion on measures to devise a protection for data backups against ransomware infiltrations. Besides compartmentalizing the data backups, there are two additional measures…
How Was ESC Corporate Services Infected?
Recently, ESC Corporate Services was attacked by a ransomware campaign. So how were they infected? The web portal of the company became non-functional at around 4 a.m. on 25th October….
India Gears Up against Cybercrimes
The ransomware frenzy has raised quite a few eyebrows in India. India has been known to be one of the biggest victims of such attacks. Recently, the Delhi Police—the police…
Kraken operators come up with a new exploit for RaaS activity
In the last few months, it has been proved that Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) has turned out to be a lucrative business model in the cybercriminal world. The latest report jointly devised…
No Internet at the Library of Muscatine
The recent attack on Muscatine prompted the local library to put a warning sign to create awareness. According to Pam Collins, the Library Director, the sign states that internet cannot…
Crawford County Gets Hacked
Another one bites the dust. According to the latest reports, this time the Crawford County (Robinson, IL) has gotten into the crosshairs of a ransomware. The ransomware managed to lock…
CBC Pays CAD 20,000 in Ransom
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) reported that an organization paid bitcoins equaling CAD 20,000 as ransom to a cybercriminal group. The organization acted on behalf of the indigenous Canadian tribes. The…
Port of San Diego Recovers
There have been some latest updates on the attack – Port of San Diego recovers. The cyberthreat in the attack was identified as a ransomware. Local, state, and federal personnel…