Ransom
The Issue & Impact of Malspam in the U.S. Elections
Malspam campaigns and their related botnets were a potential major threat for the election process in the United States this year. The post The Issue & Impact of Malspam in the U.S ...
A High-Level View of Today’s Cyber Threat Landscape
Radware cybersecurity expert Ron Meyran provides a high-level view of the current cyber threat landscape in this video blog. The post A High-Level View of Today’s Cyber Threat Landscape appeared first on ...
To Pay or Not to Pay: It’s About the Provider
The question--to pay or not to pay ransom--goes back to another question: who is your DDoS mitigation provider? The post To Pay or Not to Pay: It’s About the Provider appeared first ...
Android Locker Variant Uses Innovative Sequence to Load Ransom Note
A new variant of a sophisticated Android locker family used an innovative sequence to load its ransom note on infected devices. On October 8, Microsoft Defender Research Team revealed that it had ...
Unprecedented Levels of Ransom DDoS Extortion Attacks
The FBI has released a flash warning that thousands of organizations around the world, and across multiple industries, have been threatened with DDoS attacks unless they pay a bitcoin ransom. This ransom ...
Bad Actors Target MongoDB Databases, Threatening to Contact GDPR Legislators Unless Ransom is Paid
Bad actors are targeting unsecured MongoDB servers, wiping their database and leaving ransom notes outlining threats to leak the stolen information and report owners for GDPR violations. According to Victor Gevers, the ...
Stuck Between a Data Breach and a Ransom
2020 will be remembered for a whole host of reasons. Campfire stories will be told to grandchildren of when we all had to wear face masks, stand 2 meters apart and were ...
Extortionists Preying on Site Owners with Fake Website Hacking Scam
Researchers found that extortionists are targeting website owners with a scam in which they claim to have hacked their site and extracted a database. WebARX observed that the ploy first makes itself ...
FBI Warns that ProLock Ransomware Decryptor Corrupts Encrypted Files
A new ransomware named ProLock is affecting various industries in the United States, and the FBI is warning companies and other interested parties that the decryptor doesn’t work, and causes data loss ...
Cognizant Expects to Lose up to $70 Million from April Ransomware Attack
IT services giant Cognizant has calculated it will lose between $50 million and $70 million from a ransomware incident in April, the CFO said on an earnings call. Cognizant confirmed to clients ...
