Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2021
The popular Google’s VirusTotal scanning service has published an interesting analysis of more than 80 Million ransomware samples. VirusTotal has published its first ransomware activity report based on the analysis of more than 80 million samples that have been uploaded from 140 countries worldwide. Since 2020, at least 130 different ransomware families have been active. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2021
The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Israel, was hit by a ransomware attack that was defined by Israel’s National Cyber Directorate as a “major” attack. The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Israel was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted the system of the hospital. Local media outlets reported that the hospital has […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2021
Researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed Yanluowang, that was used in highly targeted attacks against enterprises. Researchers from Symantec Threat Hunter Team discovered a ransomware family, tracked as Yanluowang ransomware that was used in highly targeted attacks against large enterprises. The discovery is part of an investigation into a recent attempted ransomware attack […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2021
American media conglomerate Cox Media Group (CMG) was hit by a ransomware attack that took down live TV and radio broadcast streams in June 2021. The American media conglomerate Cox Media Group (CMG) announced it was hit by a ransomware attack that caused the interruption of the live TV and radio broadcast streams in June […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2021
An unnamed ransomware gang used a custom Python script to target VMware ESXi and encrypt all the virtual machines hosted on the server. Researchers from Sophos were investigating a ransomware attack when discovered that the attackers employed a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers. In the attack investigated by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2021
Pottawatomie County restored operations that were suspended after a ransomware attack hit its systems on September 17, 2021. Officials at Pottawatomie County announced to have fully recovered their IT infrastructure that was hit by a ransomware attack on September 17, 2021. County Administrator Chad Kinsley announced that the county opted to pay the ransomware, they […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 04, 2021
Israeli Aerospace & Defense firm E.M.I.T. Aviation Consulting Ltd. was hit by LockBit 2.0 ransomware, operators will leak files on 07 Oct, 2021. LockBit 2.0 ransomware operators hit the Israeli aerospace and defense firm E.M.I.T. Aviation Consulting Ltd, threat actors claim to have stolen data from the company and are threatening to leak them on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2021
The Biden administration announced it will work with 30 countries, including NATO allies and G7 partners, to curb global cybercrime. U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the US will work with 30 countries to curb cybercrime and dismantle ransomware gangs that are targeting organizations worldwide. “This month, the United States will bring together 30 countries […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2021
A baby allegedly received inadequate childbirth health care, and later died, at an Alabama Springhill Medical Center due to a ransomware attack. An Alabama woman named Teiranni Kidd has filed suit after the death of her baby, she claims that the Springhill Medical Center was not able to respond to a cyberattack that crippled its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 23, 2021
Minnesota-based farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley was hit by a ransomware attack, it is the second attack against the agriculture business in a few days. Minnesota farming supply cooperative Crystal Valley has suffered a ransomware attack, this is the second farming cooperative that was hit by ransomware operators in a few days. At this time, […]
