The Malicious Software that Doesn’t Slow Down… Ransomware recently took down the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s website. The infection was reported earlier this month, and it took 11 days for the website to be restored. The ransomware variant and ransom demands were not released. However, officials reported they were able to restore systems using their […]
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New Ransomware Attacks Target Schools and Public Municipalities In the last week, two school districts have released statements confirming ransomware infections throughout their systems. The first, Proctor School District, located in Duluth, Minnesota, reported the infection impacted middle school and high school computers that were left on over the weekend. The ransomware variant that infiltrated
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The Education Sector has Major Target on Their Backs… Ransomware has been targeting educational institutions over the last twelve months. In January of 2017, the Los Angeles Community College District was hit with ransomware, and paid the hackers $28,000 to decrypt their files. Months later, Dorchester School District Two was infected with ransomware, and paid $2,900 to
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Ransomware Took Out New Jersey Medical Facilities Files In September, ransomware corrupted the Hackensack Sleep and Pulmonary Center’s systems. The ransomware variant that infiltrated the system was not released, nor was the ransom demand. However, according to Healthcare IT News, the medical center had prepared for cyber attacks and were able to effectively restore their systems
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Ransomware Leaves Patient Files Exposed A recent ransomware attack on the Colorado Center of Reproductive Medicine (CCRM) impacted approximately 3,300 patient files within the Minneapolis, Minnesota location. Fortunately, none of the other CCRM branch offices were impacted. Officials have reported there is no evidence the patient information that may have been taken by the hackers
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Ransomware Attacks Texas Department of Agriculture In October the Texas Department of Agriculture was hit with an unknown ransomware variant. The malicious software was able to infiltrate the system through an employee’s computer. Although the ransomware was detected quickly, it was still able to encrypt files and compromise student data from area schools. Since the
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Scarab Ransomware Explodes Worldwide A new ransomware variant, deemed Scarab, began taking the world by storm earlier this month. The new variant was first discovered on November 23, 2017. Since being discovered, it is believed the ransomware was sent to over 12,500,000 different email accounts. The emails distributed included the ransomware in a .zip file,
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Millions of Files Deleted After Ransomware Hit On the evening of November 18, 2017, the Sacramento Regional Transit systems were hit with ransomware. The initial red flag was when the hackers defaced the Sacramento Regional Transit website. According to the Sacramento Bee, when visitors would attempt to access the website, they would instead get a
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Ransomware Damages Projected to Skyrocket With 2017 coming to an end, the final ransomware damages are being released. This year alone, ransomware damages are projected to total $5 billion. This includes not only the ransom demands paid, but also the company downtime, remediation efforts, loss in productivity, investigation costs and reputation damages. One would almost
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J. Sterling Morton High School Targeted Victim of Ransomware J. Sterling Morton High School, located in Cicero, Illinois has been the victim of a targeted ransomware attack. The ransomware is being delivered through a student survey specifically designed for J. Sterling Morton high school students. As seen below, the survey is poorly designed, but students
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