Security News

What happens when your healthcare data is stolen or held for ransom? It depends
2019-11-12 20:06

Hospitals are reluctant to disclose attacks, and regulations don't offer clear advice about what to tell patients.

Ransomware: Average Ransom Payout Increases to $41,000
2019-11-01 14:33

Sodinokibi and Globelmposter Gangs Target Larger Victims, Coveware WarnsRansomware continues to be a highly profitable cybercrime. Ransomware incident response firm Coveware reports that for the...

City of Johannesburg, on Second Hit, Refuses to Pay Ransom
2019-10-30 12:43

A Shadow Kill Hackers attack that compromised the city’s network and shut down key services was the second ransom-related attack on the city in months.

City of Joburg says it knows who ransom hack attacker is, refuses to pay off criminals
2019-10-28 17:56

Hayi wena! Jozi officials claim they'll have 80% of systems back online as deadline expires Several hours past the payment deadline, Johannesburg has vowed not to give in to criminal hackers who...

City of Johannesburg Refuses to Pay Ransom to Hackers
2019-10-28 15:21

The South African city of Johannesburg says it will not pay the ransom demanded by hackers who recently breached its IT systems. read more

No Ransom Paid in Recent Attack, Texas Says
2019-09-06 10:50

The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) says it is not aware of any ransom being paid to recover systems affected by a recent ransomware attack. read more

iNSYNQ Ransom Attack Began With Phishing Email
2019-08-09 18:18

A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company,...

Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand
2019-08-09 14:53

Here's a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.

Attackers ransom bookseller’s exposed MongoDB database
2019-08-06 12:07

Another database has fallen to extortion hackers, this time containing 2.1 million records belonging to Mexican bookseller, Librería Porrúa.