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![Alaskan borough dusts off the typewriters after ransomware crims pwn entire network](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
Pen and paper brought back into service A ransomware infection has cast the Alaskan borough of Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) has been cast back to the dark ages.…
![Podcast: Breaking Down the COSCO Ransomware Attack](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Threatpost talks to Commvault's Matt Tyrer about the recent COSCO ransomware attack.
![How to defend yourself against SamSam ransomware](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-statistic-small.jpg)
Drawing on new research we look at how best to defend your organisation against SamSam.
![New Zealand school on naughty step after ransomware failure](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
Fortinet to lock the stable door, horse heads for horizon A Kiwi high school has learned the “don't click on the link” lesson the hard way, with a ransomware attack locking down its student's course work.…
![How to install the Nextcloud Ransomware protection app](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-stats-small.jpg)
Nextcloud offers a Ransomware protection app for its on-premises cloud server. See how to install this must-have app.
![SamSam Ransomware Attacks Extorted Nearly $6 Million](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Ransomware has become a multimillion-dollar black market business for cybercriminals, and SamSam being a great example. New research revealed that the SamSam ransomware had extorted nearly $6...
![SamSam Ransomware: Patient, Persistent, Competent and Dangerous](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-stats-small.jpg)
The SamSam ransomware has always been a bit different. Unlike many ransomware infections, its victims are targeted rather than random -- and the attacker establishes a presence on the victim...
![Please forgive me, I can't stop robbing you: SamSam ransomware earns handlers $5.9m](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
SORRY-FOR-FILES.html The enterprise-focused SamSam ransomware has earned its handlers an estimated $5.9m (£4.5m) since it first appeared in the wild in December 2015.…
![SamSam: The (almost) $6 million ransomware](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
New research reveals that SamSam ransomware has affected far more victims, and raised far more ransom, than previously thought.
![Australians almost immune from ransomware, topping lists for data safety](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
OAIC releases data breach notification report Take a bow, Australians: we may have had 242 breaches sent to the information commissioner this quarter, but almost nobody fell victim to ransomware attacks.…