The Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD), an electric utility in Massachusetts, announced it was hit by a ransomware attack. This week, the Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD), an electric utility in Massachusetts, announced it was hit by a ransomware attack. Reading Municipal Light Department provides electricity to over 68,000 citizens that live in the towns […]
ISS, the multinational Denmark-based facility services company, was hit with a malware that shuts down shared IT services worldwide. ISS, the Danish multinational services company announced it was hit with malware, in response to the incident the firm disabled access to shared IT services worldwide. ISS services include cleaning services, support services, property services, catering […]
Some operations at INA Group, Croatia’s biggest oil company, and its largest petrol station chain were disrupted by a cyber attack. A ransomware attack has disrupted operations at INA Group, Croatia’s biggest oil company, and its largest petrol station chain. INA, d.d. is a stock company with the Hungarian MOL Group and the Croatian Government as its biggest shareholders, […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning critical U.S. infrastructure operators of a recent ransomware attack that affected a natural gas compression facility. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert across critical U.S. infrastructure sectors about a recent infection at a natural gas compression facility. “The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]
The popular US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has suffered a ransomware attack, the news was reported by ZDNet. Last week, the US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has suffered a ransomware attack that also infected its web servers. Electronic Warfare Associates provides electronic equipment to the US government, the list of customers […]
Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority revealed that New York airport servers were infected with ransomware on Christmas. Officials at the Albany County Airport Authority announced this week that a ransomware attack hit the New York airport and its computer management provider LogicalNet over Christmas. The news of the attack was disclosed after LogicalNet reported its own management […]
A new piece of ransomware called SNAKE appeared in threat landscape, the malware is now targeting company networks. The SNAKE is a new ransomware that is threatening enterprises worldwide along with most popular ransomware families such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, LockerGoga, BitPaymer, DoppelPaymer, MegaCortex, LockerGoga. The scary trend sees criminal organizations targeting enterprises, instead of […]
Synoptek, A California-based IT service provider decided to pay the ransom to decrypt its files after being infected with the Sodinokibi ransomware. Synoptek, a California-based provider of IT management and cloud hosting services paid the ransom to decrypt its files following a Sodinokibi ransomware attack. The gang behind the Sodinokibi ransomware has been very active […]
The city of New Orleans is the last victim of a string of ransomware attacks that hit major American cities, including Atlanta and Baltimore. New Orleans officials announced in a press conference that the city was hit by a ransomware attack, the incident was discovered in the morning of December 13, 2019. The IT staff […]
Experts found a new variant of the Vega ransomware, dubbed Zeppelin, targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the US, and Canada. Experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin, that was recently involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Zeppelin was […]