Security News

Serious Security: Ransomware you’ll never find – and how to stop it
2019-04-18 13:03

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?

Utah County Struck by Ransomware
2019-04-15 13:43

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...

IE under fire, Triton goes under the microscope, and Norsk still reeling from ransomware attack
2019-04-13 12:23

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.…

U.K. Man Gets Six-Year Sentence for Global Ransomware Scheme
2019-04-09 19:48

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...

Brit hacker jailed for strapping ransomware to smut site ad networks
2019-04-09 17:15

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...

Report: FIN6 Shifts From Payment Card Theft to Ransomware
2019-04-09 16:33

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...

FBI catches heat, HS kids catch a hacking rap, and Albany catches a ransomware infection
2019-04-06 11:56

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.…

Analysis: The Evolving Ransomware Threat
2019-04-05 10:33

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...

Medical Practice to Close in Wake of Ransomware Attack
2019-04-02 20:18

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...

City of Albany Latest Local Government Hit With Ransomware
2019-04-02 16:33

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...