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After being hit by a ransomware attack, Massachusetts city New Bedford faced a payout demand of more than $5 million - one of the latest known ransoms ever.
Security Experts Express Skepticism That Criminals Would BotherDo criminal organizations prefer to target organizations that hold cyber insurance policies? A ProPublica report suggests that...
Targeted ransomware attacks with larger ransom demands have persisted as a fixture of the news cycle and scourge for security practitioners and business leaders alike over the last two years. And...
From new ransomware attacks to privacy issues around Venmo and Ring, Threatpost editors break down the top news of this week.
THIS WEEK IN THE IRONIC NEWS: DDS Safe, an online cloud-based data backup system that hundreds of dental practice offices across the United States are using to safeguard medical records and other...
TechRepublic member sagilbert47201 has discovered their VMware backup server is infected with ransomware. Can you help this TechRepublic member recover their data?
PerCSoft, a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after...
McAfee Labs saw an average of 504 new threats per minute in Q1 2019, and a resurgence of ransomware along with changes in campaign execution and code. More than 2.2 billion stolen account...
Small governments make up two-thirds of infections observed by infosec bods Ransomware criminals have taken a particular shine to US city and state governments, infecting them with file-scrambling...
More than 70 state and local governments were infected with ransomware in 2019, as targeted ransomware makes a comeback.