It’s no secret that ransomware has overrun the public and private sector. Ransomware damages are projected to increase to $20 billion in the next three years, making a resolution appear to be impossible. In 2018, several ransomware variants spread throughout the globe, ranging from Dharma to SamSam. These ransomware infections did not discriminate based on […]
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Ransomware Damages Increase to $20B in Three Years If we look at cyber crime, as a business instead of the crime that it is, we may begin to understand it a bit better. This “business” is booming, and there’s no end in sight. Why? Because society worldwide is making it profitable. Any business that is
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Ransomware Attack Takes Out Moscow’s Cable Car System Mere days after Moscow opened their first cable car system, it was shut down due to a ransomware infection. The cyber attack rendered the cable car network useless after successfully installing ransomware on the computer in charge of operating the system. This left Russian citizens frustrated, as
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Pennsylvania Eye Care Facility Suffers Data Breach After Ransomware Attack May Eye Care Center and Associates, located in Hanover, Pennsylvania recently reported a breach of patient records as a result of a cyber attack. In July 2018, May Eye Care Center suffered a ransomware attack. The unknown ransomware variant infected the eye care center’s server, leaving
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PC Matic Exposes Failing Security Vendors The concept of an antivirus failing isn’t new. To be quite frank, it has become rather common. New ransomware attacks are being successfully executed daily, and only a fraction of them are made public. And what’s worse — those that do go public, rarely share which security solution they
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Ontario Suffers Ransomware Attacks from Unknown Variants The last couple weeks have been rough for Ontario, leaving both the private and public sectors riddled with ransomware. First, on October 25th, cyber criminals attacked the Toronto company, ESC Corporate Services. ESC is an organization that resells sensitive personal and business data collected by the Ontario government.
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Texas Sheriff’s Office in Hot Water After Failure to Disclose Ransomware In 2017, the Hidalgo Sheriff’s Office suffered a ransomware attack by an unknown variant. According to officials, the infection riddled one of their external computers, leaving internal networks unimpacted. The Sheriff’s Office was able to restore the computer using backup files; however, those files
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New Ransomware Demands RDP Access A new ransomware variant, CommonRansom, has been discovered running in the wild. This particular form of ransomware will encrypt user files with the .CommonRansom extension. Post encryption, the victims receive a ransom note demanding a .1 bitcoin payment and access to their RDP ports. CommonRansom Demand Note by BleepingComputer If
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Another Illinois County Suffers Cyber Attack Just last week, we reported Crawford County in Illinois had been victimized by ransomware. Now, new reports have been released regarding another public municipality being attacked in Illinois. WAND News 17 has confirmed Moultrie County has also been hit with a cyber attack, with employees stating it was a
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Ransomware Riddles Iowa Eye Clinic On August 23, 2018, an unknown ransomware variant infected Jones Eye Clinic, located in Sioux City, Iowa. It remains unclear if the clinic paid the ransom demands in order to regain access to their systems, but months later they’re reporting the attack could have more negative effects than originally thought. Jones
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