Safety procedures in place by the district mitigated losses Another school has been attacked with ransomware. Lost Altos Union HS discovered the hit when an employee tried logging into email at 5:30am the morning of January 29th. From there, the full scope of the breach was discovered. Los Altos had some good safety procedures in […]
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Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) is easier to purchase than you may think Let me start by saying that when I was asked to write this post, I didn’t think it would take me down a dark and twisted rabbit hole. And yet, here I am, having spent the better part of four hours reading
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Up to 55% of small businesses will pay ransomware demands According to a study done by Small Business Trends in 2019, about 55% of small businesses (SMBs) say they’ll pay ransomware demands if hit. Of those surveyed, 39% even say they’ll pay any cost. Beazley Breach Response Services published a study in March of 2019.
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What actually is ransomware? We’ve all heard about ransomware and the attacks on governments, schools, and businesses. It seems like ransomware is everywhere. But what is it exactly? What does it do? What does it looks like? Let’s explore this ever growing threat so we can better understand it. A definition I hear a lot
Ransomware a growing Global epidemic 2019 saw a dramatic increase in global ransomware attacks. Attackers have found their way into governments, schools, and businesses across the world. As their methods continue to become more sophisticated and ironclad, their ransom demands continue to increase. Let’s take a look at the 5 most expensive ransomware attacks of
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The Heritage Company forced to close days before Christmas In October, The Heritage Company telemarketing company in Sherwood, Arkansas was hit with a ransomware attack that devastated their network. In a letter to employees, CEO Sandra Franecke explains how systems were down across the company. Even after paying the ransom, Franecke explains that the IT
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Small businesses suffer most Recently I’ve been seeing a lot of articles popping up about how lucrative the ransomware industry is becoming. It seems like every day there’s a news story about another organization locked down by a ransomware attack. It happens to schools, government agencies, and especially small business. Small business in America is
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Over 100 nursing homes left without access to medical files An attack on a Wisconsin based IT company left over 100 nursing homes across the US without access to patients’ medical files. The owner of the IT company Virtual Care Provider Inc (VCPI) fears for the lives of the patients currently affected. The ransom attack
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Hackers Ask for $5 Million in Bitcoin Mexico’s Pemex oil has been struggling to keep it’s credit rating from dropping while it battles declining oil production and paying down heavy debts. In the midst of this turmoil, it was struck this week with a ransomware attack. The hackers gave a “discount period” to the company,
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A Majority of Executives are Paying Hackers According to Bitcoinist, a new study has been conducted regarding ransomware attacks and the tendency of those hackers of getting paid. Merrill Research surveyed 232 executives worldwide, and 69% said their company faced a ransom attack in the past year. This is a significant jump, considering only 14% of
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