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2019-11-04 10:55:03 | Targeted Ransomware Attacks Hit Several Spanish Companies (lien direct) | Everis, one of the largest IT consulting companies in Spain, suffered a targeted ransomware attack on Monday, forcing the company to shut down all its computer systems and operations until the issue gets resolved completely.
Ransomware is a computer virus that encrypts files on an infected system until a ransom is paid.
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2019-10-16 06:23:03 | Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers (lien direct) | A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them for sending out sextortion emails to millions of innocent people.
Extortion by email is growing significantly, with a large number of users recently complaining about receiving sextortion emails that |
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2019-10-10 10:11:29 | Apple iTunes and iCloud for Windows 0-Day Exploited in Ransomware Attacks (lien direct) | Watch out Windows users!
The cybercriminal group behind BitPaymer and iEncrypt ransomware attacks has been found exploiting a zero-day vulnerability affecting a little-known component that comes bundled with Apple's iTunes and iCloud software for Windows to evade antivirus detection.
The vulnerable component in question is the Bonjour updater, a zero-configuration implementation of network |
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2019-09-11 10:03:18 | (Déjà vu) The Hottest Malware Hits of the Summer (lien direct) | It's been a summer of ransomware hold-ups, supply chain attacks and fileless attacks flying under the radar of old-school security. With malware running amok while we were lying on the beach, here's a recap of the most burning strains and trends seen in the wild during the months of July and August 2019.
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2019-09-06 06:02:01 | A Summer of Discontent: The Hottest Malware Hits (lien direct) | It's been a summer of ransomware hold-ups, supply chain attacks and fileless attacks flying under the radar of old-school security. With malware running amok while we were lying on the beach, here's a recap of the most burning strains and trends seen in the wild during the months of July and August 2019.
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2019-08-30 02:37:03 | Ransomware Hits Dental Data Backup Service Offering Ransomware Protection (lien direct) | 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 information of their patients from ransomware attacks has been hit with ransomware.
Provided by two Wisconsin-based companies, Digital Dental Record and PerCSoft, the backend system of affected |
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2019-08-12 01:25:02 | Canon DSLR Cameras Can Be Hacked With Ransomware Remotely (lien direct) | The threat of ransomware is becoming more prevalent and severe as attackers' focus has now moved beyond computers to smartphones and other Internet-connected smart devices.
In its latest research, security researchers at cybersecurity firm CheckPoint demonstrated how easy it is for hackers to remotely infect a digital DSLR camera with ransomware and hold private photos and videos hostage |
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2019-07-26 02:56:03 | (Déjà vu) Ransomware Attack Caused Power Outages in the Biggest South African City (lien direct) | Yesterday, some residents of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa, were left without electricity after the city's power company got attacked by a ransomware virus.
City Power, the company responsible for powering South Africa's financial capital Johannesburg, confirmed Thursday on Twitter that it had been hit by a Ransomware virus that had encrypted all of its databases, applications |
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2019-07-12 01:09:01 | Cybersecurity Frameworks - Types, Strategies, Implementation and Benefits (lien direct) | Organizations around the world are wondering how to become immune from cyber attacks which are evolving every day with more sophisticated attack vectors.
IT teams are always on the lookout for new ransomware and exploit spreading in the wild, but can all these unforeseen cyber attacks be prevented proactively?
That's definitely a 'NO,' which is why there's a reactive approach in place to |
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2019-06-26 12:34:05 | Two Florida Cities Paid $1.1 Million to Ransomware Hackers This Month (lien direct) | In the last two weeks, Florida has paid more than $1.1 million in bitcoin to cybercriminals to recover encrypted files from two separate ransomware attacks-one against Riviera Beach and the other against Lake City.
Lake City, a city in northern Florida, agreed on Monday to pay hackers 42 Bitcoin (equivalent to $573,300 at the current value) to unlock phone and email systems following a |
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2019-06-18 02:04:00 | GandCrab Ransomware Decryption Tool [All Versions] - Recover Files for Free (lien direct) | Cybersecurity researchers have released an updated version of GandCrab ransomware decryption tool that could allow millions of affected users to unlock their encrypted files for free without paying a ransom to the cybercriminals.
GandCrab is one of the most prolific families of ransomware to date that has infected over 1.5 million computers since it first emerged in January 2018.
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2019-05-08 01:08:01 | Baltimore City Shuts Down Most of Its Servers After Ransomware Attack (lien direct) | For the second time in just over a year, the city of Baltimore has been hit by a ransomware attack, affecting its computer network and forcing officials to shut down a majority of its computer servers as a precaution.
Ransomware works by encryption files and locking them up so users can't access them. The attackers then demand a ransom amount, typically in Bitcoin digital currency, in |
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2019-05-01 00:31:02 | Hackers Found Exploiting Oracle WebLogic RCE Flaw to Spread Ransomware (lien direct) | Taking advantage of newly disclosed and even patched vulnerabilities has become common among cybercriminals, which makes it one of the primary attack vectors for everyday-threats, like crypto-mining, phishing, and ransomware.
As suspected, a recently-disclosed critical vulnerability in the widely used Oracle WebLogic Server has now been spotted actively being exploited to distribute a |
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2019-03-19 10:05:01 | Ransomware Attack Forces Aluminum Manufacturer to Shutdown Systems Worldwide (lien direct) | Photo by Terje Pedersen / NTB scanpix
One of the world's largest producers of aluminum has been forced to shut down several of its plants across Europe and the U.S. after an "extensive cyber attack" hit its operations, leaving companies' IT systems unusable.
According to a press release shared by Aluminum giant Norsk Hydro today, the company has temporarily shut down several plants and |
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2019-02-18 04:25:03 | Popular Torrent Uploader \'CracksNow\' Caught Spreading Ransomware (lien direct) | It's not at all surprising that downloading movies and software from the torrent network could infect your computer with malware, but it's more heartbreaking when a popular, trusted file uploader goes rogue.
Popular software cracks/keygens uploader "CracksNow," who had trusted status from many torrent sites, has now been banned from several torrent sites after he was repeatedly found |
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2019-01-25 03:29:05 | GandCrab ransomware and Ursnif virus spreading via MS Word macros (lien direct) | Security researchers have discovered two separate malware campaigns, one of which is distributing the Ursnif data-stealing trojan and the GandCrab ransomware in the wild, whereas the second one is only infecting victims with Ursnif malware.
Though both malware campaigns appear to be a work of two separate cybercriminal groups, we find many similarities in them. Both attacks start from
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2019-01-10 22:59:03 | (Déjà vu) PyLocky Ransomware Decryption Tool Released - Unlock Files For Free (lien direct) | If your computer has been infected with PyLocky Ransomware and you are searching for a free ransomware decryption tool to unlock or decrypt your files-your search might end here.
Security researchers at Cisco's Talos cyber intelligence unit have released a free decryption tool that makes it possible for victims infected with the PyLocky ransomware to unlock their encrypted files for free
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2018-12-04 11:29:01 | New Ransomware Spreading Rapidly in China Infected Over 100,000 PCs (lien direct) | A new piece of ransomware is spreading rapidly across China that has already infected more than 100,000 computers in the last four days as a result of a supply-chain attack, and the number is continuously increasing every hour.
What's Interesting? Unlike almost every ransomware malware, the new virus doesn't demand ransom payments in Bitcoin.
Instead, the attackers are asking victims to pay
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2018-11-28 09:40:05 | U.S Charges Two Iranian Hackers for SamSam Ransomware Attacks (lien direct) | The Department of Justice announced Wednesday charges against two Iranian nationals for their involvement in creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware.
The alleged hackers, Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah, 27, have been charged on several counts of computer hacking and fraud charges, the indictment unsealed today at New Jersey court revealed.
The duo used
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2018-09-17 06:01:04 | Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bristol Airport\'s Flight Display Screens (lien direct) | Bristol Airport has blamed a ransomware attack for causing a blackout of flight information screens for two days over the weekend.
The airport said that the attack started Friday morning, taking out several computers over the airport network, including its in-house display screens which provide details about the arrival and departure information of flights.
The attack forced
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2018-09-06 10:31:03 | U.S. to Charge North Korean Spy Over WannaCry and Sony Pictures Hack (lien direct) | The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to announce criminal charges against a North Korean government spy in connection with the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware attack and the 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack.
According to multiple government officials cited by the NY Times who are familiar with the indictment, the charges would be brought against Park Jin Hyok, who works for North
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2018-08-15 02:28:00 | Former Microsoft Engineer Gets Prison for Role in Reveton Ransomware (lien direct) | A former Microsoft network engineer who was charged in April this year has now been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering in connection with the Reveton ransomware.
Reveton malware is old ransomware, also known as scareware or police ransomware that instead of encrypting files locks the screen of victims' computers and displays a message purporting to come
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2018-08-07 02:03:00 | TSMC Chip Maker Blames WannaCry Malware for Production Halt (lien direct) | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)-the world's largest makers of semiconductors and processors-was forced to shut down several of its chip-fabrication factories over the weekend after being hit by a computer virus.
Now, it turns out that the computer virus outbreak at Taiwan chipmaker was the result of a variant of WannaCry-a massive ransomware attack that wreaked havoc across
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2018-07-31 09:19:04 | SamSam Ransomware Attacks Extorted Nearly $6 Million (lien direct) | 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 million from its victims since December 2015, when the cyber gang behind the ransomware started distributing the malware in the wild.
Researchers at Sophos have tracked Bitcoin addresses owned by the
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2018-07-26 11:43:04 | CoinVault Ransomware Authors Sentenced to 240 Hours of Community Service (lien direct) | Almost three years after the arrest of two young Dutch brothers, who pleaded guilty to their involvement in creating and distributing CoinVault ransomware malware, a district court in Rotterdam today sentenced them to 240 hours of community service.
In 2015, the two suspects - Melvin (25-year-old) and Dennis van den B. (21-year-old) - were arrested from Amersfoort on suspicion of involvement
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2018-07-05 07:59:01 | New Virus Decides If Your Computer Good for Mining or Ransomware (lien direct) | Security researchers have discovered an interesting piece of malware that infects systems with either a cryptocurrency miner or ransomware, depending upon their configurations to decide which of the two schemes could be more profitable.
While ransomware is a type of malware that locks your computer and prevents you from accessing the encrypted data until you pay a ransom to get the decryption
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2018-06-26 10:44:05 | Free Thanatos Ransomware Decryption Tool Released (lien direct) | If your computer has been infected with Thanatos Ransomware and you are searching for a free ransomware decryption tool to unlock or decrypt your files-your search is over here.
Security researchers at Cisco Talos have discovered a weakness in the Thanatos ransomware code that makes it possible for victims to unlock their Thanatos encrypted files for free without paying any ransom in
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