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Ransomware was the cause of 39% of malware-related data breaches, more than double that of last year, according to Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Report.
Ransomware has been around for a few years, but it has become an albatross around everyone's neck, targeting big businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and individuals worldwide and...
The attack is similar to the Black Ruby, Zenis, and HiddenTear / InfiniteTear ransomware variants and seems to utilize unsecured Remote Desktop services.
According to the 2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, the number of records breached dropped nearly 25 percent in 2017, as cybercriminals shifted their focus on launching ransomware and...
An updated version of the njRAT remote access Trojan (RAT) is capable of encrypting files and stealing virtual currencies from crypto-wallets, Zscaler warns. Also known as Bladabindi, njRAT has...
More than half (53 percent) of U.S. organizations that were infected with ransomware blamed legacy antivirus protection for failing to prevent the attack, according to SentinelOne. Nearly 7 out of...
Researchers Track Cryptocurrency Ransoms Paid by Cerber, Locky and Other VictimsRansomware isn't an easy area to study. But a team of researchers has calculated the minimum paid by all ransomware...
5 Days After Outbreak, Email Works, But Don't Try Paying Parking Tickets OnlineFive days after a ransomware outbreak crypto-locked city systems, Atlanta has advised its 8,000 employees that they...
Researchers Track the Flow of Ransoms Paid by Cerber, Locky and Other VictimsRansomware isn't an easy area to study. But a team of researchers has calculated the minimum paid by all ransomware...
A ransomware attack -- possibly a variant of SamSam -- has affected some customer-facing applications and some internal services at the City of Atlanta. The FBI and incident response teams from...