City’s Internal Systems Taken Offline After Cyber Attack The City of Englewood, a metropolitan area of the Denver-Aurora Colorado area, was hit with ransomware on October 3rd. Once officials determined the systems had been compromised, they were taken offline in an attempt to prevent the ransomware from spreading. The infection impacted all of the city’s […]
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Locky Encrypts Files Leaving a .Ykcol Extension A new Locky variant has been released into the wild and upon initial review it led researchers to a believe it was a new strain entirely, called Ykcol. However, after additional review, experts have confirmed Ykcol is another version of Locky. The email subject line has been confirmed
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Arkansas Medical Facility Faces Potential Breach After Ransomware Attack An estimated 128,000 patient files may have been compromised as a result of being the victim of a ransomware hit. In July, the Arkansas Oral Facial Surgery Center in Fayetteville was struck with ransomware. Although the malicious attack was identified promptly, there were still patient files, x-ray
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San Ysidro School District Suffers Ransomware Attack On September 16th, San Ysidro School District of California was hit with a ransomware attack. The ransomware impacted emails from August through the middle of September, as well as select computer files. After encryption, an automated message was sent to the district demanding $19,000 to restore the emails
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A week ago, Lawrence Abrams at Bleeping Computer wrote about Locky ransomware now taking a 7z form. The PC Matic Research Team has seen this new form of Locky this past week. Like many other variants of Locky, the core components which make up the binary are very similar except for the encrypted file extension
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SMBs Continue to be Hacker’s Target A recent study, State of the Channel Ransomware Report, collected data on over 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) regarding the cyber threat, ransomware. The information collected was based on data from the second quarter of 2016 through the second quarter of 2017. It was found, fewer SMBs were
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County Offices Not Functioning After Ransomware Crippled Systems Montgomery County of Alabama has been the latest ransomware attack victim. The ransomware variant that wormed its way into the county’s systems has not been reported, nor has the ransom demand. However, government officials stated they are doing everything in their power to restore the county’s systems
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Top Tips to Keep Your Data Secure Recently Beta News published an article on how, The practical guide to fighting ransomware. The article listed several tips, timelines for implementation, and explanations why the tips were important. A vast majority of the information throughout the article was correct and indisputably great advice. However, a few tips
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Tech Talk Video: Fileless Ransomware Recently, we have received some feedback requesting additional insight from our team on various aspects of cyber security. Taking this request into consideration, our team decided it would be beneficial to post Tech Talk videos in addition to our Tech Talk articles. The hope is to create one video a
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Hackers Target Butler County for Ransomware Attack Over the weekend the Butler County office, located in El Dorado Kansas, with hit a ransomware attack. The variant has not been disclosed, nor has the ransom demand. Although the county offices remain open, their computers remain inaccessible due to their systems being encrypted with ransomware. Butler County
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