Security News

No More Ransom Thwarts $108 Million in Ill-Gotten Profits
2019-07-29 17:18

Europol Marks Three-Year Anniversary of Non-Profit Security InitiativeThree years since its launch, the No More Ransom portal has assisted 200,000 ransomware victims and stopped $108 million from...

Fibaro flummoxed, Georgia courts held for ransom, and more
2019-07-06 11:01

Plus, Florida Man out of a job for paying off hackers Between the plentiful beverages and copious amounts of meat, pretty much everyone in the US is hung over from Independence Day in one form or...

Report: UK's Largest Forensics Firm Pays Ransom to Attacker
2019-07-05 16:48

As More Victims Pay, Experts Warn of Criminals Becoming Further EmboldenedBritain's biggest provider of forensic services, Eurofins, has paid a ransom to attackers who crypto-locked its systems...

Florida City Pays $600,000 Ransom to Save Computer Records
2019-06-20 05:13

A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses....

Why your business should consider paying a ransom to hackers
2019-06-14 14:03

Ransomware attacks can disrupt business and lead to massive costs, according to Forrester. Here's why you should consider paying along with other incident response plans.

Radiohead releases ‘OK Computer’ sessions that hacker tried to ransom
2019-06-12 09:44

The band shrugged off the threat and released the files on Bandcamp. They're long and not very interesting, they said.

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

Hundreds of Git Repositories Held for Ransom
2019-05-06 08:20

Cybercriminals have been wiping GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket repositories and asking their owners to pay a ransom to recover the data. The impacted Git service providers believe the attackers have...

Extortionist hacked IT provider used by the stars of tech and big biz, leaks customer info after ransom goes unpaid
2019-04-30 19:03

'Many companies pay us for our work, and we do not publish data and help them to eliminate vulnerabilities' A service provider hired by the likes of Oracle, SAP, BT, and many others, to manage...

Most SMBs would pay a ransom in order to recover stolen data
2019-04-29 05:00

More than half (55 percent) of executives at SMBs said they would pay hackers in order to recover their stolen data in ransomware attacks, according to the second quarterly AppRiver Cyberthreat...