Breach Concerns Raised After Ohio Clinic is Riddled with Ransomware The Ohio clinic, PVHS-ICM Employee Health and Wellness, located in Dublin, recently informed their patients of a ransomware attack that hit its servers in May of 2017. The ransomware only infected one location. Therefore, all other locations were not impacted. The ransomware variant that attacked […]
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Ransomware Infects Huntsville’s Cove Family and Sports Medicine Cove Family and Sports Medicine, located in Huntsville, Alabama, recently informed their patients of a ransomware attack that occurred in April of 2017. The ransomware successfully infected with clinic’s systems, encrypting various files. However, instead of paying the ransom demand, they were able to restore their own
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Thomas Jefferson Monticello – Recent Ransomware Victim An unknown ransomware variant recently encrypted the computer and phone systems at the Thomas Jefferson Monitcello, located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Federal News Radio reported tours are being not interrupted. However, all electronic transactions have been ceased until the matter can be resolved. Therefore, all electronic tourist payments
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Calallen School’s Network Infected With Ransomware On June 25, 2017, Calallen Independent School District found themselves in a heap of trouble. Officials began noticing something was wrong with their email systems, and quickly learned ransomware had infiltrated their networks. The exact variant of ransomware that hit the school district is uncertain. However, officials did report
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England Targeted Victim of Cyber Attacks British Parliament Targeted in “Determined” Cyber Attack The British parliament was the recent victim of a “sustained and determined” cyber attack. The attack was targeting weak email passwords. The parliament was able to isolate the infection and took precautionary measures to mitigate the spread. They decided by temporarily disabling
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Why Backing Up Your Data Won’t Work Let’s be honest, backing up your data is important. Maybe more so for some users than others, but important nonetheless. However, backups are not the golden ticket when it comes to restoring data after a malware attack. Although they could be useful in restoring your files after a
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Two Medical Organizations Release Statements Regarding Ransomware Attacks Airway Oxygen Inc. Airway Oxygen Inc., a Michigan medical supply company, informed its patients of a ransomware attack that took place in mid-April. The ransomware variant was not disclosed, nor was the amount of the ransom demand. Airway Oxygen did not disclose if they paid the ransom,
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WannaCry — The Ransomware That Won’t Die Just yesterday, news broke that WannaCry infected a Honda plant in Japan. Today, traffic lights in Australia are on the fritz. How is it that WannaCry is still successful? Every single antivirus (AV) program should have it on their blacklist, or list of known threats, by now. So, what’s
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WannaCry Attacks Again… It has been over a month since the world was introduced to WannaCry ransomware. However, even with increased awareness and preventative options in place, businesses are still being effected. A Honda plant in Japan was the most recent victim of the WannaCry epidemic. On June 18, 2017, the plant had to temporarily
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Linux is not immune — 153 infections leading to 3,400 websites down The largest ransomware payout in history is taking place at this very moment. Nayana, a web hosting company located in South Korea, was hit with ransomware on June 10th. The ransomware variant, Erebus, successfully infiltrated 153 Linux servers, allowing the cyber criminals access
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