Security News

Baltimore Ransomware Carnage Compounded by Local Storage
2019-09-30 11:03

Auditor Reveals Lack of IT Policies Ensuring Employees' PCs Centrally Backed UpThe city of Baltimore's ransomware outbreak - $18 million in costs and counting - led to many crypto-locked files...

Baltimore Approves $10M in Funding for Cyber Attack Relief
2019-06-28 12:03

Baltimore City officials approved using $10 million in excess revenue to cover the ongoing cost of the cyber attacks that immobilized some of the city’s systems almost two months ago. read more

Baltimore Ransomware Attack Costing City $18 Million
2019-06-07 10:03

City's IT Department Continuing Recovery WorkA month after Baltimore's IT network was hit with the RobbinHood ransomware variant, officials believe the May 7 attack will cost $18 million, which...

Report: No ‘Eternal Blue’ Exploit Found in Baltimore City Ransomware
2019-06-04 00:16

For almost the past month, key computer systems serving the government of Baltimore, Md. have been held hostage by a ransomware strain known as "Robbinhood." Media publications have cited sources...

Fingerpointing Over Baltimore's Ransomware Attack
2019-05-31 09:33

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the "blame game" in the wake of a ransomware attack against the city of Baltimore. Also featured: Discussions of cyberthreats in the...

Baltimore Says It Will Not Pay Ransom After Cyberattack
2019-05-29 04:08

The US city of Baltimore, a victim this month of a cyberattack that paralyzed part of its computer network, will not pay a ransom to undo the damage, Mayor Bernard Young said Tuesday. read more

Baltimore Ransomware Attack Triggers Blame Game
2019-05-28 15:03

The Debate Over Roles of NSA Exploit-Hoarding, City's Patch-Speed Failures, Windows Code QualityReports that the city of Baltimore was attacked using a vulnerability in Windows originally...

The city of Baltimore is being held hostage by ransomware
2019-05-23 10:31

The mayor said no—for now—to paying 13 Bitcoins to (purportedly) unlock all seized systems. Manual rebuilding could take months.

Baltimore hit with more ransomware, ChinaMobile gets the boot in the US, and another Systemd system-d'oh!
2019-05-13 05:55

Plus, Diachenko strikes again with Indian data find This week, a Symantec boss stepped down, a Chinese hacker was called out, and an AirBnB hidden camera creep was cuffed.…

Baltimore Recovering From Second Ransomware Attack
2019-05-08 21:03

This Time, City Hit with RobbinHood MalwareBaltimore is recovering from another ransomware attack - the second in a little over a year. This time, officials say, the city was attacked by...