According to an ethical hacking firm, an airport in north New York, besides its IT service provider, suffered a ransomware attack during the past holidays, specifically on Christmas Day. OnRead More →
Information security specialists report that a hacker group has attacked the government’s IT systems in the city of Las Vegas; experts fear this will be a new incident in theRead More →
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has released its annual report on ransowmare attacks worldwide in 2019. According to the report, based on publicly available statistics, public organizations in at least 174 differentRead More →
Thousands of ransomware attacks were reported in the US throughout 2019, although this year it has started in a similar way. An information security firm reported an incident in aRead More →
During the holiday season there is usually an increase in the number of cybersecurity incidents, affecting millions of consumers of products and services, as well as hundreds of widely requestedRead More →
In early December, the US Coast Guard issued an information security alert apparently related to a ransomware attack that compromised some major computer systems at several federal maritime facilities. TheRead More →
Information security experts at security services firm Coronet have released their annual report on cities with businesses most exposed to hackers; for the second year in a row, Las VegasRead More →
Over the last few hours a series of reports about a company that has become victim of a cyberattack have seized the attention of the cybersecurity community. Apparently the companyRead More →
A cyberattack can generate disastrous consequences for affected companies. Massive data loss, layoffs, fines for information security breaches and high recovery costs are catastrophic scenarios, although things can get evenRead More →
Ransomware attacks can be highly harmful, as they generate multiple consequences for victims. In addition to being one of the most common attack variants, ransomware also shows a constant evolution,Read More →
This has been a year marked by the notorious increase in ransomware attacks registered in thousands of organizations around the world, especially in the United States, and incidents keep poppingRead More →
2019 was, without a doubt, the year of ransomware in the US. While these infections occur continuously, as for the second half of the year a major wave of attacksRead More →
Hundreds of things could go wrong after a ransomware victim pays the money demanded by criminals. Digital forensics specialists from security firm Emsisoft reported the appearance of a bug inRead More →
Data protection specialists from security firm vpnMentor reported the detection of a data breach on a Romanian web platform, owned by tobacco company British American Tobacco; headquartered in the UK,Read More →
According to ethical hacking specialists, multinational private security firm Prosegur was the victim of a massive ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of operations on its telecommunications platform. The company,Read More →
Over a hundred nursing homes in the US have had their operations crippled because the company providing them with technology services has become victim of a severe ransomware infection. AccordingRead More →
According to digital forensics specialists, a company that provides IT services to the New York Police Department (NYPD) accidentally disconnected the database of fingerprints for hours, all due to theRead More →
According to web application security experts from Nyotron, there is a new method that allows threat actors to encrypt Windows files in a special way, which won’t be able toRead More →
These are excellent news for ransomware victims. Specialists in ethical hacking of security firm Emsisoft have just announced the launch of a new tool to remove the encryption imposed byRead More →
A couple of days ago web application security specialists reported a ransomware attack on Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), a state-controlled Mexican oil company. Although the company did not explicitly recognize theRead More →
