Security News > 2020 > November > The Week in Ransomware - November 13th 2020 - Extortion gone wild
2020-11-14 00:42
There were not many known large ransomware attacks this week, but we have seen ransomware operations evolving their tactics to extort their victims further.
Ransomware operations have also begun new tactics this week to pressure their victims into paying a ransom.
Otherwise, this week has been mostly new variants of existing ransomware families.
Taiwanese laptop maker Compal Electronics suffered a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack over the weekend, with the attackers demanding an almost $17 million ransom.
November 11th 2020 Recent ransomware wave targeting Israel linked to Iranian threat actors Two recent ransomware waves that targeted Israeli companies have been traced back to Iranian threat actors.