Where We’ve Been We’ve written extensively this year about the explosion of ransomware. We thought 2020 was bad enough with a 350% increase in ransomware in two years, but then the SolarWinds hack hit and changed the game. Ransomware evolves. As new technologies come out to beat it, ransomware changes its face. At first, we […]
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Second Largest Laptop Manufacturer In The World Compal is huge. They build laptops for Apple, Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, HP, and Fujitsu. This makes it even more worrisome that the Taiwanese manufacturer was reportedly hit by ransomware. The leak was reported on Sunday. Subsequently, employees returning to work Monday were instructed to check their machines
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Photo by Linus Nylund on Unsplash The Aftermath of an Attack Two dozen colleges, universities, and charity organizations in the US, UK, and Canada are dealing with the after effects of a ransomware attack that’s now turned into a data breach. Cloud provider Blackbaud suffered a ransomware attack earlier this year. They provide cloud services
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Gang Demands $7.5 Million Argentinian ISP, Telecom Argentina, is one of the country’s largest internet service providers (ISP). This weekend, on Saturday July 18th, they were quick to respond to an attack by REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware group. REvil was, however, able to install their ransomware onto over 18,000 internal workstations. As a result, this caused
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Photo by Alvaro Uribe on Unsplash The Beginning The first ransomware attack, AIDS Trojan, was deployed over 30 years ago. Joseph L. Popp, a Harvard academic, is credited for this. At a World Health Organization summit in 1989, he distributed over 20,000 disks to delegates. These disks, labeled “AIDS Information – Introductory Diskettes,” would wait
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Personal Information Exposed IT provider Cognizant informed its employees about a Maze ransomware attack on May 1st. Personal information, including names and company credit card numbers, were part of the compromised data. However, some employees were also exposed to additional data exposure. “The small number of associates who have had other kinds of personal information
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Job Growth Cybersecurity for ransomware protection. COVID-19 has brought about strong growth in the cyber security job sector. With more people than ever working from home, there are increased dangers that require more threat response. But what does this mean and why is it necessary? Remote work presents its own security challenges. Many companies who
To say the ransomware crisis facing our nation is concerning is an understatement. Each week, ransomware attacks are claiming victims across the nation, leaving local businesses and county governments at a standstill as IT directors seek to restore operations and secure themselves against future attacks. Aside from this, news develops daily about attacks that occurred
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A Multi-Layered Approach Today PC Matic is announcing the release of our newest product, Ransomware Lifeline. The Ransomware Lifeline product is designed to work seamlessly and as an additional layer of security with the user’s current AV software. Ransomware Lifeline mounts unrivaled EDR and reporting tools into the solution and provides IT staffers with unique
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Ransomware Corrupted Police Files, Leaving Evidence Inaccessible In April of 2019, the City of Stuart was infected with ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malicious software the will encrypt, or lock, files leaving them completely inaccessible. From there, the hackers demand a payment in exchange for a decryption key. For Stuart, Florida, that price tag
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