Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2020

On Sunday, the computer systems in the city of Torrance suffered a cyber attack that interrupted access to email accounts and server functions. DoppelPaymer operators told BleepingComputer that in the attack took place on March 1st they encrypted files on approximately 150 servers and 500 workstations. million ransom.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2019

“The Jackson County government paid online criminals about $400,000 this week following a cyber attack that crippled the county’s computer system.” “County officials are in the process of decrypting computers and servers a week after the first signs of an attack, said Jackson County Manager Kevin Poe on Friday.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The two Iranians are accused to have developed the SamSam ransomware in December 2015 and have continuously improved it. In March 2018, computer systems in the City of Atlanta were infected by ransomware, the cyber attack was confirmed by the City officials. Million since late 2015. ” reads the DoJ indictment. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2019

. “Two organizations in our area are recovering from recent cyber attacks. “La Porte County paid the ransom on a cyber attack that locked up part of the government’s computer system. The Ryuk virus got into the backup servers.” ” reported the WSBT. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

A few days ago, Microsoft warned dozens of hospitals of the risks of ransomware attacks due to insecure VPN devices and gateways exposed online. Microsoft urges hospitals and health care organizations to implement security measures to protect public-facing devices to increase their resilience to cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Hacker deleted all data from VFEmail Servers, including backups. Bank of Valletta shut down its operations after a cyber attack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Malicious PDF Analysis. Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for February 2019 fixes IE Zero-Day. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

implement offline storage and tape-based backup. More and More Ransomware Attacks. The Harris Federation , which runs 50 primary and secondary schools, and Birmingham College probably wished they had followed the alleged Conti gang's anti-ransomware security advice after they were taken out by ransomware attacks. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The backup channel for sharing information is email. GIB Threat Intelligence cyber threats data collection system has been named one of the best in class by Gartner, Forrester, and IDC. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Security Affairs – Central Bank of Russia, cybercrime ).

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Colonial shut down its pipeline, the largest of its kind in the US, after the company learned it was the victim of this cyber extortion attempt. And then 2015, where around that time was when we saw like, Hey, you clicked on a binary and your computer's locked up, right, which is a very, that ransomware is a very singular thing.

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