Security News

Senate Passes Bill Aimed At Combating Ransomware Attacks
2019-09-30 15:51

New legislation has been approved by the U.S. senate aimed at protecting local cities and schools from ransomware attacks.

Ransomware attacks against small towns require collective defense
2019-09-30 11:21

There is a war hitting small-town America. Hackers are not only on our shores, but they’re in our water districts, in our regional hospitals, and in our 911 emergency systems. The target du jour...

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...

How to defend your organization against browser-hijacking malware and ransomware
2019-09-26 19:00

Network attacks more than doubled this past quarter versus the prior quarter, according to a new report from security provider WatchGuard.

Organizations Warned of Dual Threat Posed by RDP and Disruptive Ransomware
2019-09-25 14:22

In a paper warning about the evolution of what it calls 'disruptionware', the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) highlights ransomware and RDP access as the current focus of a...

Did GandCrab Gang Fake Its Ransomware Retirement?
2019-09-25 13:48

Evidence Mounts That Sodinokibi Ransomware Is GandCrab Gang's 'Retirement' PlanDid the gang behind GandCrab fake its retirement? Security experts say there's mounting evidence that the operators...

Older vulnerabilities and those with lower severity scores still being exploited by ransomware
2019-09-25 04:30

Almost 65% of top vulnerabilities used in enterprise ransomware attacks targeted high-value assets like servers, close to 55% had CVSS v2 scores lower than 8, nearly 35% were old (from 2015 or...

Financial impact of ransomware attacks increasing despite overall decrease in attacks
2019-09-24 14:26

Vulnerabilities originally discovered by US government security services have been used by cybercriminals against municipalities, costing taxpayers an estimated $11.5 billion in 2019.

Ransomware Attack on Rural Hospital Disrupts Services
2019-09-23 20:03

Campbell County Health in Wyoming Sending Patients to Other Hospitals Many Miles AwayA ransomware attack late last week on a county hospital in rural Wyoming was still causing patient care...

Wyoming Hospital's Services Disrupted by Ransomware
2019-09-23 12:57

Gillette, Wyoming-based Campbell County Memorial Hospital continues to experience service disruptions after a ransomware attack hit Campbell County Health’s computer systems on Friday. read more