CNA Financial, one of the largest insurers in the United States, would have negotiated a payment of about $40 million USD to regain access to its computer systems, compromised byRead More →
Health authorities in Ireland announced that patients who do not require urgent services will experience a “significant delay” in hospitals after a severe ransomware infection compromised all medical systems inRead More →
In its most recent report on trends in the ransomware world, security firm KrebsOnSecurity noted that all ransomware variants feature an integrated security device to prevent detection; according to experts,Read More →
Last weekend a group associated with the developers of the DarkSide ransomware attacked Colonial Pipeline systems, which manages the most important U.S. pipelines. This attack has provoked strong responses fromRead More →
FireEye cybersecurity specialists published details of a recent research related to the DarkSide ransomware operation. This week experts released reports on five groups allegedly associated with this ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform,Read More →
Cybersecurity specialists report detecting a new wave of attacks potentially linked to the Avaddon ransomware variant. This is a strain detected in early 2019 and is advertised as an asRead More →
U.S. authorities agreed the emergency pass of a new law after the country’s main pipeline was compromised by a ransomware attack that severely disrupted operations. Colonial Pipeline carries more thanRead More →
A hacker group claims to have gained access to data from thousands of SIM cards through a complex cyberattack targeting Schepisi Communications, a renowned Australian-based telecommunications company. On its website,Read More →
US-based non government organization Midwest Transplant Network issued a statement to acknowledge a data breach due to a ransomware infection that would have affected over 17,000 people. Ransomware operators compromisedRead More →
Officials from the Court of Justice in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, confirmed that their computer systems were affected by a ransomware attack that encrypted employee files and forced theRead More →
