Bingham County Taken Offline After Ransomware Attack Bingham County of Idaho continues to struggle to get all of their systems back online after ransomware hit their systems last Wednesday. On February 15, 2017 the county first discovered the ransomware. Every county office has been impacted in some way, whether it is their phones, database, or […]
Bingham County Struggles to Recover After Ransomware Attack Read More »
Russians Lead In Ransomware Development Russian based security company, Kaspersky, has confirmed 75% of crypto ransomware was developed by Russians or Russian-speaking individuals. To some, that may be surprising. For others, it may validate what they’ve assumed all along. According to Computing, there were 47 crypto ransomware variants that were developed by Russians or Russian-speaking individuals in 2016. All
75% of Ransomware Developed Has Russian Ties Read More »
The Telegraph recently reported another ransomware attack, this time taking down an Illinois police department. Roxana Police Department is remaining tight-lipped regarding the issue, but did confirm their systems have been infected with ransomware. However, here is what we don’t know: When the attack took place How the ransomware got onto the police department’s systems The
Illinois Police Department Corrupted With Ransomware Read More »
Ransomware Attacks Blew Up 2016 Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts your data, refusing to unlock it until the payment demands are met. Unfortunately, decrypting your files can be incredibly difficult, if not impossible. Leaving few ways to fix your PC after infection. Some victims end up paying the ransom demands to get
Ransomware Attacks Increased by 167% in 2016 Read More »
According to Mirror, UK City Council located in Tiverton has just lost two years worth of data after a town clerk, John Vanderwolfe, clicked on a malicious attachment. Vanderwolfe stated clicking on the link was a lapse in judgement. He said instead of populating the data he expected after clicking the link, it just came up as a
UK City Council Loses Two Years Of Data After Ransomware Strikes Read More »
Ransomware Hit County Government Hard… After a vicious ransomware attack, the Licking County websites, phones, computers and county’s network have been taken offline. The systems are projected to remain offline until the end of this week. The problem was discovered Tuesday evening, and critical systems were immediately taken offline. The specific ransomware variant is not being disclosed,
Ohio Government Completely Paralyzed After Ransomware Attack Read More »
Back Ups – The Reactive Approach Ransomware strikes and your files are locked, and will remain locked unless you pay the ransom demand. What if you don’t want to pay? Back ups can be an effective way to replace the encrypted files, thus avoiding having to pay the hacker’s ransom demand. However, this is only
Back Ups Aren’t Enough and Here’s Why Read More »
In November, 2016, a professor at California nursing school, Gurnick Acadamy, was attempting to access his lectures. The lectures were saved on an external storage device, which he plugged into his work PC. It was then, he realized his lectures were gone. Completely encrypted. He contacted the school’s IT department for assistance. Luckily, the IT department worked not
Professor Infects California Nursing School With Ransomware Read More »
Hackers Paid to Restore System After Ransomware Locks Guests Out of Rooms Top European hotel, Romantik Seehotel Jägerwirt, located in Austria, was recently infected with ransomware. The variant, although unknown, took complete control of the hotel’s day-to-day operations. This included not only encrypting hotel files, but also interrupting their electronic key system for guest rooms. Due to
Ransomware Locks 80 Hotel Guests Out of Their Rooms Read More »
Surveillance Cameras Infected With Ransomware Days before Trump’s inauguration, the Metropolitan Police Department discovered 123 surveillance cameras were inoperable due to two separate ransomware infections. The infections were found on January 12th and by January 15th the systems had been restored. Investigators resolved the issues by identifying and disconnecting the infected devices. All of the
D.C. Surveillance Cameras Inoperable After Ransomware Attack Read More »