In another tale of malware types, cybercriminals are starting to repurpose old ransomware with new capacities to illegally mine or steal cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero. Cybersecurity firms Fortinet and…
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When a ransomware attack happens, the damage can be devastating. The loss of access to patient records, and even losing record is critical, add to that your services get suspended,…
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We are living in the post-WannaCry era, last year, the said ransomware has caused an estimated $4 billion worth of global losses. Managed Service Providers had made a lot of…
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The year 2016 and 2017 we were talking about Ransomware, and now in 2018 we are looking at cryptojacking, that brutally takes over with no mercy. Unlike ransomware, the user…
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$640,000 in just two weeks and still counting, that is the estimated total revenue of the Ryuk ransomware that attacked various enterprise PCs in the last 14 days. With strong…
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Student data is a hot cake and as the value goes up, a ransomware is more likely to be in the vicinity. This precisely is what put K-12 school districts in…
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The remote desktop service had entered the mainstream consumer consciousness with Windows XP Professional, 17 years ago. This is to ease remote administration of Windows Desktop and Servers, without the…
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Proofpoint published its Threat Report for the second quarter of 2018 with a very grim result. The report has been made as a product of analysis from the 5 billion…
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Ransomware strikes again, this time not against its perennial favorite target, the healthcare industry, but PGA TOUR servers. The ransomware attack happened two days before the start of the PGA…
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Samsam ransomware has made a name for itself. It is now considered as a spiritual successor of the nasty WannaCry ransomware of 2017. It is very effective in forcing the…
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