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Greenway Health Struggles to Recover After Ransomware Hit

Kayla Elliott / May 1, 2017

Ransomware, the malicious software that locks files until a payment demand is made, has recently hit Greenway Health, located in Carrollton, Georgia. Greenway Health is an electronic health records vendor. Total, they serve over 75,000 different healthcare facilities. The ransomware strike occurred last week; however, some of the Greenway Health users are still unable to […]

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45% of SMBs Don’t Retrieve Files After Paying Ransom Demands

Kayla Elliott / May 1, 2017

SMBs Short Changed After Meeting Cyber Criminals Demands One of the many risks ransomware victims face is, the likelihood they pay the ransom but don’t get the decryption keys to actually unlock their files. In a recent study done by SpiceWorks, a shocking 45% of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are not retrieving their

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Newark City Hall Held Hostage – $30K Ransom Demanded

Kayla Elliott / April 26, 2017

Ransomware Strikes Again… This time, it was the City Hall in Newark, New Jersey. The attack reportedly began on Friday, April 21st, and continued to spread over the weekend. According to KnowBe4, Seth Wainer, Chief Information Officer for the City of Newark, reported, “The virus compromised our network and disrupted many services that we offer.

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Erie County Medical Systems Remain Down Almost Two Weeks After Attack

Kayla Elliott / April 25, 2017

Erie County Medical Center Remains Down 13 Days After Attack Erie County Medical Center, located in Buffalo, New York was recently hit with a virus, leaving its systems down for the last 13 days. Although the medical facility has yet to confirm the virus was ransomware, Buffalo News made reports, that is indeed the case.

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Locky Ransomware Variant Returns with a Vengeance

Kayla Elliott / April 24, 2017

Old Ransomware Returns with A Bang Many reports have reported 2016 as the year of ransomware. This can much attributed to the ransomware variant, Locky. However, in 2017, Locky ransomware has been on somewhat of a hiatus. This lead to another ransomware variant, Cerber, becoming the most popular ransomware of 2017. However, it appears Locky

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Rensenware Wants You to Play — Not Pay

Kayla Elliott / April 10, 2017

Rensenware Demands Victims Earn Their Files Back Ransomware, the malicious software that locks your files and demand a payment to retrieve them, was recently taken to a different level. A new ransomware variant, deemed Rensenware, locks your files and demands the victims play a game, Touhou Seirensen. Victims have to earn 200 million points on

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ABCD Pediatrics Breached and Hit with Ransomware

Kayla Elliott / April 5, 2017

ABCD Pediatrics Hit Twice by Cyber Criminals Another ransomware attack was reported, this time by ABCD Pediatrics, located in San Antonio, Texas. Ransomware reports have sadly become the norm lately, but this one is a bit different. Not only was the medical facility hit with ransomware, their IT department also reported unknown user IDs created,

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Oahu Man Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack

Kayla Elliott / April 5, 2017

Ransomware Victim Pays $599 and Remained Hacked After clicking on a malicious ad, an Oahu man found himself the victim of a ransomware attack. The man clicked on the ad, to immediately have his files be encrypted by the cyber criminals. The ransomware message from the hackers, displayed a support phone number for the victim

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Forsyth Public Schools Overrun with Malware

Kayla Elliott / April 3, 2017

Forsyth Schools Hacked Forsyth Public Schools, located in Montana was the victim of a major hack over the weekend. They are uncertain when the hack began, but was identified on Saturday, April 1, 2017. According to Last Best News, the school received three emails prior to the attack, saying they had to pay a ransom

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Dutch Parliament “Briefly” Hit with Ransomware

Kayla Elliott / March 28, 2017

Are the Turks responsible for the ransomware hit on the Dutch Parliament? As previously reported, there has been some hostility overseas between Turkey and Germany and the Netherlands. Germany and the Netherlands have banned Turkish ministers from campaigning in their regions for an upcoming election. This ban has caused strains between the three areas, which

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