ransomware

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2019
At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks

At least 23 local governments were impacted by a wave of ransomware attacks that according to the experts are the result of a coordinated effort. Texas is the victim of an ongoing wave of ransomware attacks that are targeting local governments. At least 23 local government organizations were impacted by the ransomware attacks, the Department […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2019
Emsisoft released a free decryptor for JSWorm 4.0

Security researchers at Emsisoft have released a new decryptor tool that allows the victims of the JSWorm 4.0 ransomware to decrypt their files for free. Thanks to the experts at Emsisoft the victims of the JSWorm 4.0 ransomware can decrypt their files for free. Like previous versions of the malware, the JSWorm 4.0 ransomware is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2019
Johannesburg residents left in the dark after a ransomware attack at City Power

South African electric utility City Power that provides energy to the city of Johannesburg, has suffered serious disruptions after a ransomware attack. A ransomware infected systems at City Power, an electricity provider in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and some residents were left without power. The energy utility informed its customers via Twitter of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2019
Computers at Indiana County infected with a ransomware

The Indiana County is the last victim in a wave of ransomware attacks that hit US cities, officials are investigating the extent of the attack. The computer systems of the Indiana County were hit by a ransomware attack, officials are currently investigating the extent of the attack. Officials of an Indiana county say they are […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2019
Emsisoft releases the third decryptor in a few days, this time for LooCipher ransomware

Security experts at Emsisoft released the third decryptor in a few days, this time announced a free one for the LooCipher ransomware. A few days ago, the experts at Emsisoft released two free decryptors for the ZeroFucks ransomware and Ims00rry ransomware, now the malware team announced the released of a decryptor for the LooCipher ransomware. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2019
Exclusive, experts at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab released a free decryptor for Loocipher Ransomware

Exclusive – Malware researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab have released a free decryptor tool for the Loocipher Ransomware. Ransomware continues to be an easy way to monetize the criminal efforts and for this reason new malware appear in the threat landscape. Loocipher is a new threat that is rapidly spreading, its functionalities are pretty straight forward […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2019
Cyberattack shuts down La Porte County government systems

Government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana, were shut down after a cyber attack hit them on July 6. Experts believe it was a ransomware attack. On July 6, a cyber attack brought down government computer systems at La Porte County, Indiana. At the time of writing, there were only a few details about […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2019
Eurofins, the UK’s largest police forensics lab paid ransom after an attack

Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s biggest provider of forensic services, has paid a ransom to demand to recover its data after a ransomware attack. Eurofins Scientific, the UK’s largest police forensics lab contractor, announced to have paid a ransom to crooks to recover its data after a ransomware had been encrypted them. The company is based […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2019
Sodin Ransomware includes exploit for Windows CVE-2018-8453 bug

Kaspersky experts discovered that Sodinokibi, aka Sodin, Ransomware currently also exploits the CVE-2018-8453 vulnerability to elevate privileges in Windows The Sodinokibi Ransomware (aka Sodin, REvil) appeared in the threat landscape in April when crooks were delivering it by exploiting a recently patched Oracle WebLogic Server vulnerability. Now the threat is evolving, the Sodinokibi ransomware includes fresh […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2019
A cyberattack took offline websites of the Georgia agency

Some court websites of a Georgia state were brought offline after their systems were infected by ransomware in a cyber attack. A Georgia state agency confirmed that a cyberattack has brought offline some court websites. According to local media, hackers infected the systems of the Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts with ransomware, “News outlets […]