Unknown Ransomware Variant Infiltrates University College London The University College London (UCL) was hit with a ransomware attack yesterday afternoon. After the UCL shared their systems had been infected, concerns were raised that another global ransomware attack, similar to WannaCry, was on its way. Due to the strong ties between the UCL and the University […]
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WannaCry Distributes Biggest Cyber Attack to Date A massive ransomware attack has hit worldwide, impacting various countries and tens of thousands of endpoints. According to CNBC, over 200,000 malicious attacks were distributed last Friday, May 12, 2017, in over 150 different countries. However, these statistics are expected to increase as additional information is released. The
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Providence Law Firm Pays Cyber Criminals Thousands A prominent law firm, located in Providence, Rhode Island, was hit with ransomware three months ago. Their systems are back to normal after the attack hit, but not until after they paid the cyber criminal thousands. The law firm was hit with an unknown ransomware variant months ago.
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Ransomware, the malicious software that locks files until a payment demand is made, has recently hit Greenway Health, located in Carrollton, Georgia. Greenway Health is an electronic health records vendor. Total, they serve over 75,000 different healthcare facilities. The ransomware strike occurred last week; however, some of the Greenway Health users are still unable to
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Ransomware Strikes Again… This time, it was the City Hall in Newark, New Jersey. The attack reportedly began on Friday, April 21st, and continued to spread over the weekend. According to KnowBe4, Seth Wainer, Chief Information Officer for the City of Newark, reported, “The virus compromised our network and disrupted many services that we offer.
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Erie County Medical Center Remains Down 13 Days After Attack Erie County Medical Center, located in Buffalo, New York was recently hit with a virus, leaving its systems down for the last 13 days. Although the medical facility has yet to confirm the virus was ransomware, Buffalo News made reports, that is indeed the case.
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ABCD Pediatrics Hit Twice by Cyber Criminals Another ransomware attack was reported, this time by ABCD Pediatrics, located in San Antonio, Texas. Ransomware reports have sadly become the norm lately, but this one is a bit different. Not only was the medical facility hit with ransomware, their IT department also reported unknown user IDs created,
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Ransomware Victim Pays $599 and Remained Hacked After clicking on a malicious ad, an Oahu man found himself the victim of a ransomware attack. The man clicked on the ad, to immediately have his files be encrypted by the cyber criminals. The ransomware message from the hackers, displayed a support phone number for the victim
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Forsyth Schools Hacked Forsyth Public Schools, located in Montana was the victim of a major hack over the weekend. They are uncertain when the hack began, but was identified on Saturday, April 1, 2017. According to Last Best News, the school received three emails prior to the attack, saying they had to pay a ransom
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Are the Turks responsible for the ransomware hit on the Dutch Parliament? As previously reported, there has been some hostility overseas between Turkey and Germany and the Netherlands. Germany and the Netherlands have banned Turkish ministers from campaigning in their regions for an upcoming election. This ban has caused strains between the three areas, which
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