Update 1/27/2017: After two days, the St. Louis City Public Library technical staff was able to fix the impacted computers. The system hard drives were wiped completely and restored with available back-ups. The St. Louis City Public Library is currently unable to offer free computer use to the community due to a ransomware attack that […]
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Cyber criminals have hit a new low, proving they don’t care who their victims are as long as it may lead to a large payout. According to Network World, hackers breached Indiana Cancer Services’ systems on January 10, 2017. They then encrypted a server, followed by a ransom demand of $43,000 to restore this server.
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Kanawha County Schools Struggles To Regain Access Another county school was victimized by ransomware this week. Kanawha County Schools, located in Charleston, West Virginia was hit with ransomware on January 11, 2017. As of today, January 13, 2017, the school continues to work on regaining access to their encrypted files. Officials are not reporting the
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As if our jobs as IT admins isn’t difficult enough, hackers have taken to finding misconfigured MongoDB databases, and are holding them hostage, until a ransom has been paid. Similar to traditional ransomware, where files on a computer are encrypted until a fee has been paid, databases, are being held hostage, instead. The modus operandi
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The first publicized ransomware attack of 2017 is a hefty one! After returning to school after the holiday break, Los Angeles Valley College found their computer files were inaccessible. It didn’t take long for the college to determine it was a malicious cyber attack that took down their systems. According to The Washington Times, the school notified
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2016 was deemed the year of ransomware. However, experts do not see the attacks slowing down in 2017. Throughout the year we will continue to update this list as ransomware attacks become public. January Los Angeles Community College District – California – Amount paid: $28,000 USD Kanawha County Schools – West Virginia – Did not
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Ransomware, malware that encrypts your files and holds them for ransom, has taken an interesting turn. Typically after encryption, the cyber criminals make a payment demand in order for the decryption keys to be sent to the victim. However, a new ransomware has hit the market that makes a slightly different demand. Ransomware Offers Free
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Ransomware, or malicious software that encrypts your files, holding them hostage until you pay the ransom demand, took the IT world by storm in 2016. On many different platforms, I have read about PC users falling victim to ransomware. Many of these cases are certainly true; however some I have found are actually support scams,
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Bitcoin Value Skyrockets Bitcoin, the non-traceable currency used in many cybercrimes, has been inflated. As of December 27, 2016 the currency reached an all time high of $936. This means one bitcoin is almost $1,000! After reviewing the graph below, provided by Spiceworks, you will see the hike in value, and just how much it
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Ransomware Strikes Another California Medical Center This has been a rough year for California medical institutions being victimized by ransomware. Another medical facility, East Valley Community Health Center, located in West Covina was struck with ransomware in October of 2016. Reports by Health Data Management state the facilities computer systems were fixed within a day of the
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