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What if you got hit by ransomware - but the malware program itself was on the other side of the world where you'd never find it?
Garfield County, Utah, was recently affected by ransomware. Local government is an increasingly attractive target for criminals because of its high dependence on information technology, and...
Plus, Minnesota and North Carolina cities hit by hackers As April hits its stride, we saw a week of Wi-Fi bugs, Assange's public eviction and King's College warnings.…
Authorities Say He Spent Ransom Proceeds on Luxury Goods, GamblingA 24-year-old man living in England has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for his role in a ransomware scheme that...
6 years in the cooler for cybercrim who made £700k+ from Angler Exploit Kit A student hacker who used pornography websites' ad networks to deploy the Angler Exploit Kit onto his marks' devices has...
FireEye Finds Cybercrime Group Is Adding LockerGoga, Ryuk Ransomware to Its ArsenalFIN6, a cybercrime group that has focused on attacking point-of-sale devices to steal credit card numbers, now...
Plus, JavaScript card sniffer's go under the microscope Roundup This week had an Apple engineer fighting the government, an Apache update release, and a security scare at Mar-a-Lago.…
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an in-depth look at the ever-changing ransomware threat. Other topics: filling the DevSecOps skills gap and the repercussions of Australia's...
Doctors Decide to Retire Rather Than Pay Ransom or Restore SystemsA small Michigan medical practice that plans to permanently shut down in the wake of a recent ransomware attack is an example of...
Attack Comes After Others That Targeted CountiesAlbany, New York, is the latest unit of local government hit with ransomware in recent weeks, following similar attacks reported in Georgia and...