Security News

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...

Keeping up with the evolving ransomware security landscape
2019-11-01 07:00

Cybercrime is ever-evolving, and is consistently becoming more effective and damaging. While the range of attack vectors available to malicious actors are vast, ransomware remains one of the most...

The nastiest ransomware, phishing and botnets of 2019
2019-10-30 06:30

Webroot released its annual Nastiest Malware list, shedding light on 2019’s worst cybersecurity threats. From ransomware strains and cryptomining campaigns that delivered the most attack payloads...

Clinics Serving Uninsured Hit by Ransomware
2019-10-28 20:18

Organization Refuses to Pay Ransom, Struggles to Bounce BackA ransomware attack on the operator of non-profit clinics that serve the uninsured in St. Louis led to the breach of information on...

Ransomware with a difference as hackers threaten to release city data
2019-10-28 13:34

Johannesburg spent the weekend struggling to recover from its second malware attack this year as it took key services systems offline.

Johannesburg Struggles to Recover From Ransomware Attack
2019-10-25 20:18

It's the Second Attack to Target South African City This YearJohannesburg has been hit with a ransomware attack that is crippling municipal services. City Power, an electric utility owned by the...

Ransomware, Mobile Malware Attacks to Surge in 2020
2019-10-25 13:22

Targeted ransomware, mobile malware and other attacks will surge, while companies will adopt AI, better cloud security and cyber insurance to help defend and protect against them.

Report: Billtrust Recovering From Ransomware Attack
2019-10-23 21:18

A Customer of Cloud-Based Payment Provider Provides Some DetailsBilltrust, a cloud-based, business-to-business payment provider, reportedly is continuing to recover from a ransomware attack that...

Deepfakes, quantum computing cracking codes, ransomware... Find out what's really freaking out Uncle Sam
2019-10-23 04:08

We sat through this 90-minute committee hearing so you didn't have to Vid The US House Committee on Homeland Security grilled a panel of experts to understand how foreign adversaries could...

Ransomware Hits B2B Payments Firm Billtrust
2019-10-22 19:04

Business-to-business payments provider Billtrust is still recovering from a ransomware attack that began last week. The company said it is in the final stages of bringing all of its systems back...