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IT employee attempts to ransom his employer

“Unknown to the police, his colleagues, and his employer, Liles commenced a separate and secondary attack against the…
Ransomware 101: Exploring Its Inner Workings

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files and demands payment for decryption. It is a…
NCR suffers Aloha POS outage after BlackCat ransomware attack

NCR is suffering an outage on its Aloha point of sale platform after being hit by an ransomware…
Microsoft turns to court order to take down ransomware hacking tool that targeted hospitals

BY NICOLE SGANGA – Microsoft and a group of cybersecurity firms received help from the courts with the…
CISA’s Pre-Ransomware Notifications Help Organizations Stop Attacks Before Damage Occurs

By Clayton Romans – Over the past several years, ransomware attacks have caused extraordinary harm to American organizations:…
New victims come forward after mass-ransomware attack

The number of victims affected by a mass-ransomware attack, caused by a bug in a popular data transfer tool…
An Overview of the Global Impact of Ransomware Attacks

On December 12th, 2022, there was a cyberattack in the Swedish municipalities of Borgholm and Mörbylånga that rendered a range…
3 Reasons Why Encryption Alone Is Not A Silver Bullet For Ransomware

By Bob Lam – If there’s one threat that keeps your average IT security leader awake at night,…
Cuba ransomware infections of US organizations have doubled in last year

Derek B. Johnson – The Cuba ransomware group has doubled its number of American victims over the past year,…
Hive claims ransomware attack on Tata Power, begins leaking data

Another researcher Rakesh Krishnan shared screenshots of the stolen data—which appears to include Tata Power employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), National ID…