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AA20-302A: Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector

By CISA, Original release date: October 28, 2020  AA20-302A: Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Summary This advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common KnowledgeRead More

A wave of ransomware hits US hospitals as coronavirus spikes

By MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW October 29, 2020 An unprecedented and opportunistic attack raises a disturbing question: Will it cost a life? American hospitals are being targeted in a wave ofRead More

A wave of ransomware hits US hospitals as coronavirus spikes

By MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW October 29, 2020 An unprecedented and opportunistic attack raises a disturbing question: Will it cost a life? American hospitals are being targeted in a wave ofRead More

VIDEO: Cyber attack hits computer servers all around the globe

A ransomware attack hit computers across the world on Tuesday, taking out servers at Russia’s biggest oil company, disrupting operations at Ukrainian banks, and shutting down computers at multinational shippingRead More

Ransomware Bitcoins – Hackers working to reignite WannaCry

All companies will wish they hired good IT experts given what is coming.  It is stunning to see how many companies think they have security under hand instead of payingRead More

The Great Cyber Attack of May 2017

A large-scale cyber-attack highlights the structural dilemma of the NSA. America’s National Security Agency is torn between defending computer systems and attacking them. IN BRITAIN, doctors could neither access their patients’Read More

Bitcoin, extortion and ransomware – Global cyber attack & security

Behind the rise of ransomware lies the rise of Bitcoin, the virtual currency of choice for hacker blackmailers who steal huge amounts of sensitive data. That doesn’t mean Bitcoin isRead More

Global ransomeware attack in progress

British Prime Minister Theresa May says a cyberattack initially believed to be targeting only hospitals in the UK has now gone beyond, involving potentially dozens of countries. “We are awareRead More

Beware of Ransomware – your computer and phone at stake

You all know about malware.  The type that you get on your computer and phone and it messes up your internet browser or puts ads on your device. This newRead More