Social Security numbers, grades, addresses, retirement documents and other data was leaked from the Clark County School District (CCSD) by hackers last week after district officials wouldn’t pay the ransom the cyber criminals were seeking. The attack started three days after school started on August 27 when a ransomware virus infected CCSD’s network and prevented […]
Much of the world is still in flux and reeling from the health and economic effects of COVID-19, and cybercriminals are unfortunately taking note and attacking when we’re most vulnerable. Hackers and other bad actors are targeting remote workers, education institutions and healthcare at a time when each are critically important to our continuity. And, […]
With much of the U.S. getting a crash course in remote learning over the last few months, cybercriminals are taking advantage and are taking municipal networks hostage and are banking on getting paid given how critical that technology is right now. That is currently now affecting schools in Hartford, Conn. after a ransomware attack delayed […]
We’re seeing a recent rise in school ransomware attacks as reported by our colleagues over at Campus Safety. The Metropolitan Community College of Kansas City (MCCKC) announced on Wednesday that they were the victim of a ransomware attack and that some data had been encrypted. A hacker may have had access to student and employee […]
The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine has paid hackers $1.14 million so the school could regain access to data that had been encrypted by ransomware. UCSF networks were attacked by Netwalker ransomware on June 1, and the attack was detected on June 3. “The data that was encrypted is important […]
Colleges and universities have been the targets of a series of ransomware attacks this year, many of which perpetrated by the NetWalker (Mailto) ransomware gang. Their latest target, Michigan State University, has been issued a week to pay up. According to ZDNet, the gang has threatened to leak stolen documents from the university’s network. More from […]
Although more cybercriminals have been capitalizing on coronavirus fears, at least some ransomware gangs say they will forgo targeting healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 crisis. BleepingComputer reached out to operators of the Maze, DoppelPaymer, Ryuk, Sodinokibi/REvil, PwndLocker and AKO Ransomware infections to see if they would continue attacking health and medical organizations during the pandemic. DoppelPayer told BleepingComputer […]
Ransomware can impact the most secure organizations, even those making the machines that help keep the U.S. and its allies safe. According to Tech Crunch, California-based Communications & Power Industries (CPI), a major electronics manufacturer for the defense and communications industries, was knocked offline after a ransomware attack. The company confirmed the attack, Tech Crunch […]
As if holding your data hostage for large sums of money wasn’t bad enough, cybercriminals are now starting to publish data stolen from those victims who don’t pay up after ransomware attacks. According to internet security journalist Brian Krebs, several well-known hacker groups have signaled that they plan to start publishing the kidnapped data on […]
Technology managers, IT professionals and managed service providers are often the unsung heroes of the office. They are the gatekeepers of your company’s secured networks and the knight in shining armor when that network is breached. As such, IT providers usually have some pretty good stories to tell about rescuing their clients from the dungeons of […]
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