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2019-09-07 11:53:00 |
No municipality paid ransoms in \'coordinated ransomware attack\' that hit Texas (lien direct) |
More than half of impacted cities and towns are now operating as normal. |
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2019-09-06 10:29:04 |
Thousands of servers infected with new Lilocked (Lilu) ransomware (lien direct) |
Researchers spot new ransomware targeting Linux-based servers. |
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2019-09-04 23:58:00 |
Ransomware gang wanted $5.3 million from US city, but they only offered $400,000 (lien direct) |
New Bedford officials decide to restore from backups after negotiations fail. |
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2019-09-02 11:43:01 |
BEC overtakes ransomware and data breaches in cyber-insurance claims (lien direct) |
BEC-relatedcyber-insurance claims accounted for nearly a quarter of all claims in the EMEA region, AIG said. |
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2019-08-29 16:20:00 |
Ransomware hits hundreds of dentist offices in the US (lien direct) |
Ransomware group gains access to dental software backend, deploys ransomware on customers' systems. |
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2019-08-18 14:04:00 |
Over 20 Texas local governments hit in \'coordinated ransomware attack\' (lien direct) |
Infection blamed on a strain of ransomware known only as the ".JSE ransomware." |
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2019-08-05 12:05:00 |
MegaCortex ransomware slams enterprise firms with $5.8 million blackmail demands (lien direct) |
New malware strains are hitting enterprise companies in Europe and the US. |
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2019-08-02 18:33:00 |
GermanWiper ransomware hits Germany hard, destroys files, asks for ransom (lien direct) |
Users advised not to pay the ransom under any circumstances! |
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2019-07-30 11:49:02 |
This new Android ransomware infects you through SMS messages (lien direct) |
Filecoder isn't perfect malware but has the potential to become a serious threat. |
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2019-07-29 22:17:04 |
Ransomware infection takes some police car laptops offline in Georgia (lien direct) |
Ransomware infection impacted police car laptops for the Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Capitol Police, and the Georgia Motor Carrier Compliance Division. |
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2019-07-29 19:27:00 |
US files lawsuit against Bitcoin exchange that helped launder ransomware profits (lien direct) |
As "Mr. Bitcoin" seems destined to be extradited to Russia, US authorities are trying to recover some of BTC-e's funds in a last ditch effort. |
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2019-07-26 17:36:00 |
Marcus \'MalwareTech\' Hutchins gets no prison time, one year supervised release (lien direct) |
US legal case against security researcher who helped stop WannaCry ransomware outbreak comes to an end. |
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2019-07-26 09:00:00 |
No More Ransom project has prevented ransomware profits of at least $108 million (lien direct) |
No More Ransom project is celebrating its three-year birthday today. |
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2019-07-25 17:40:04 |
Louisiana governor declares state emergency after local ransomware outbreak (lien direct) |
Three school districts have been hit by ransomware in North Louisiana this week. |
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2019-07-25 13:43:04 |
Ransomware incident leaves some Johannesburg residents without electricity (lien direct) |
Some residents of South Africa's biggest city left without electricity after ransomware hits city power provider. |
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2019-07-22 15:39:04 |
Cloud-based virtual desktop provider hit by ransomware (lien direct) |
Some customer backup files were encrypted, delaying recovery operations. Outage has now reached a week. |
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2019-07-11 18:34:01 |
US mayors group adopts resolution not to pay any more ransoms to hackers (lien direct) |
US mayors vow not to give in to more extortion demands following ransomware attacks. |
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2019-07-04 07:07:05 |
Sodinokibi ransomware is now using a former Windows zero-day (lien direct) |
Sodinokibi keeps evolving and shows why it's considered the next big threat on the ransomware scene. |
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2019-07-01 17:25:05 |
Florida city fires IT employee after paying ransom demand last week (lien direct) |
At least one head rolls after second Florida city pays gigantic ransom demand to ransomware gang. |
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2019-06-27 13:27:00 |
Ads on popular YouTube to MP3 converter service poisoned with exploit kit, ransomware (lien direct) |
By exploiting the source, malware can infiltrate legitimate adverts and domains. |
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2019-06-26 07:44:00 |
Second Florida city pays giant ransom to ransomware gang in a week (lien direct) |
Lake City officials give in and agree to pay nearly $500,000 to ransomware gang. |
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2019-06-25 11:42:01 |
UK ransomware firm \'helps\' victims by paying off hackers, tacking on massive fee (lien direct) |
Red Mosquito allegedly has a profitable sideline in place for ransomware victims. |
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2019-06-20 23:49:04 |
Ransomware gang hacks MSPs to deploy ransomware on customer systems (lien direct) |
Hackers breach MSPs and use Webroot SecureAnywhere console to infect customer PCs with the Sodinokibi ransomware. |
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2019-06-19 23:33:04 |
Florida city pays $600,000 to ransomware gang to have its data back (lien direct) |
Riviera City officials previously agreed to pay $941,000 to rebuild their entire computer network. |
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2019-06-12 19:27:00 |
Ransomware halts production for days at major airplane parts manufacturer (lien direct) |
Nearly 1,000 employees sent home for the entire week, on paid leave. |
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2019-06-01 09:22:00 |
GandCrab ransomware operation says it\'s shutting down (lien direct) |
GandCrab crew says it made enough money and plans to retire within a month. |
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2019-05-24 22:48:00 |
Hackers are scanning for MySQL servers to deploy GandCrab ransomware (lien direct) |
Serendipitous discovery unearths new threat for MySQL server owners. |
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2019-05-06 20:21:00 |
Surge of MegaCortex ransomware attacks detected (lien direct) |
New MegaCortex ransomware strain detected targeting the enterprise sector. |
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2019-05-01 15:19:00 |
Windows Server hosting provider still down a week after ransomware attack (lien direct) |
A2 Hosting has yet to fully restore services after a week, angering tens of customers. |
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2019-04-23 15:00:02 |
FBI: US companies lost $1.3 billion in 2018 due to BEC scams (lien direct) |
Ransomware complaints are on the decline, but losses are higher than ever. |
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2019-04-19 17:15:05 |
PayPal receives patent for ransomware detection technology (lien direct) |
PayPal engineer develops novel approach to detecting and stopping ransomware attacks. |
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2019-04-17 19:17:00 |
Cyber-security firm Verint hit by ransomware (lien direct) |
In an extreme case of irony, ransomware hits cyber-security firm. |
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2019-04-09 13:32:00 |
Reveton ransomware distributor sentenced to six years in prison in the UK (lien direct) |
Zain Qaiser made at least $915,000 (£700,000) from Reventon ransom payments. |
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2019-04-08 11:52:03 |
Cybercrime group FIN6 evolves from POS malware to ransomware (lien direct) |
FireEye: FIN6 group is now deploying the Ryuk and LockerGoga ransomware strains on the networks of hacked companies from where it cannot steal POS data. |
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2019-03-26 21:43:00 |
Norsk Hydro ransomware incident losses reach $40 million after one week (lien direct) |
Norsk Hydro up and running with the exception of one business unit where "operations remain almost at a standstill." |
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2019-03-26 01:27:05 |
LockerGoga bug crashes ransomware before encrypting files (lien direct) |
Bug could be used to create (temporary) LockerGoga vaccines. |
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2019-03-22 15:14:00 |
Norsk Hydro will not pay ransom demand and will restore from backups (lien direct) |
Microsoft employees have arrived in Norway to help Norsk Hydro recover after ransomware attack. |
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2019-03-21 05:30:00 |
PewDiePie fans keep making junk ransomware (lien direct) |
Please, YouTube! Just hide PewDiePie and T-Series' followers count and put this competition to bed. |
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2019-03-19 12:14:00 |
Aluminum producer switches to manual operations after ransomware infection (lien direct) |
UPDATE: Cyber-attack identified as LockerGoga ransomware infection. |
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2019-03-10 02:26:04 |
Avast and Emsisoft release free decrypters for BigBobRoss ransomware (lien direct) |
BigBobRoss ransomware has been active since mid-January. |
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2019-03-09 15:32:00 |
Georgia county pays a whopping $400,000 to get rid of a ransomware infection (lien direct) |
County hired cyber-security consultant to negotiate ransom fee with hacker group. |
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2019-03-04 19:25:00 |
Ransomware attack on Israeli users fails miserably due to coding error (lien direct) |
Hackers failed to trigger the ransomware download due to a coding error but still managed to deface thousands of sites. |
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2019-02-26 11:00:00 |
Ransomware has been abandoned in favor of cryptojacking attacks against the enterprise (lien direct) |
As company defenses improve, criminals are looking for ways to secure a return on their illicit schemes. |
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2019-02-19 09:51:00 |
Bitdefender releases third GandCrab ransomware free decrypter in the past year (lien direct) |
Recent decrypter update lets victims who got infected with GandCrab between November 2018 and February 2019 recover files without paying the ransom demand. |
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2019-02-14 16:34:00 |
GandCrab ransomware gang infects customers of remote IT support firms (lien direct) |
At least 126 managed service providers forgot to update a plugin back in 2017 and are now vulnerable to attacks. |
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2019-01-30 14:00:00 |
Matrix has slowly evolved into a \'Swiss Army knife\' of the ransomware world (lien direct) |
The Matrix ransomware is usually deployed after cyber-criminals use unsecured RDP endpoints to compromise companies' internal networks. |
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2019-01-23 14:25:00 |
New ransomware strain is locking up Bitcoin mining rigs in China (lien direct) |
Ransomware threatens to overheat and destroy mining rigs if victims don't infect 1,000 other devices or don't pay a 10 Bitcoin ransom. |
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2019-01-14 11:34:02 |
Ransomware attack sends City of Del Rio back to the days of pen and paper (lien direct) |
Servers at City Hall were rendered useless due to the outbreak. |
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2019-01-11 12:46:01 |
Ryuk ransomware gang probably Russian, not North Korean (lien direct) |
Evidence doesn't warrant nation-state attribution. Ryuk is just another Russian-based cyber-crime operation. |
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2018-12-30 12:44:05 |
Ransomware suspected in cyberattack that crippled major US newspapers (lien direct) |
Source inside Tribune Publishing says printing outage caused by Ryuk ransomware infection. |
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