Security News

Clinic Pays Ransom After Backups Encrypted in Attack
2017-10-17 19:48

Situation Spotlights Tough Decisions Healthcare Entities Can Face After Ransomware StrikesA small Missouri clinic admits paying a ransom to unlock data after a ransomware attack in August...

Cyber Ransom Group Hits Soft Targets: US Schools
2017-10-10 13:03

FBI Pursues 'The Dark Overlord' as Group Escalates Extortion TacticsThe Dark Overlord, a hacking group that hijacks data from businesses and holds it for ransom, is now threatening school...

HBO Offered Hackers $250,000 As Ransom to Prevent More Leaks (The Hackers News)
2017-08-12 06:26

Hackers who recently hacked into HBO network and stole scripts, shows, and employee information documents, have now provided an email in which the United States cable channel offered them...

HBO Hackers Demand Millions in Ransom Note (Security Week)
2017-08-08 17:40

Hackers claiming to have breached HBO were demanding millions of dollars in ransom payments from the television group, while threatening to release more files from what is claimed to be a massive...

Game of Thrones (Season 7) Episode 5 Script Leaked — Hacker Demands Millions in Ransom (The Hackers News)
2017-08-08 05:54

The hacking group that recently hacked HBO has just dropped its third trove of documents, including a month emails of one of the company's executives, and a detailed script of the upcoming fifth...

How Hackers Cash Out Millions of Bitcoins Received in Ransom (The Hackers News)
2017-07-28 02:13

Digital currencies have emerged as a favourite tool for hackers and cyber criminals, as digital currency transactions are nearly anonymous, allowing cyber criminals to use it in underground...

Don’t let cybercrime hold your innovation to ransom (Help Net Security)
2017-07-13 15:47

When things break, our natural instinct is to look for someone to blame. Why? Because nothing happens by accident. It’s either done on purpose, a casualty of neglect or lack of preparation. Trust...

SamSam Increases Ransom Demand to $33,000 (Security Week)
2017-06-24 11:20

In newly observed attacks, the SamSam ransomware that has been active for more than a year is demanding a whopping $33,000 to decrypt all affected machines in a network. read more

South Korean Hosting Firm Pays $1 Million Ransom (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-20 11:33

Erebus Ransomware Gang Hits Pay Dirt After Encrypting Outdated Linux ServersSouth Korean web hosting firm Nayana has agreed to pay attackers a record-shattering $1 million to unlock 153 Linux...

Most people would pay a ransom to get their data back (Help Net Security)
2017-05-26 18:27

The high-profile WannaCry attack was the first time that 57% of US consumers were exposed to how ransomware works, the results of a recent Carbon Black survey have revealed. On the one hand, this...