ransomware

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2019
Livingston School District hit by a ransomware attack

Livingston School District in New Jersey is the last victim of a ransomware attack that caused a two hour delayed opening. Students at the Livingston public school district in New Jersey are undoubtedly happy for a two hour delayed opening tomorrow. A new ransomware attack hit a school district in the US, the malware has […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2019
French Rouen hospital hit by a ransomware attack

The University Hospital Center (CHU) of Rouen was hit by the malware last week, the ransomware had a severe impact on the operations during the weekend. The AFP news agency reported that a ransomware attack on a hospital in Rouen last week caused “very long delays in care.” Medical staff at the hospital were not […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2019
Ransomware Revival: Troldesh becomes a leader by the number of attacks

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company: ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, detected and analyzed by Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB), with Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex hit by ransomware

On Sunday, the Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was infected with the DoppelPaymer ransomware. On Sunday, a piece of the DoppelPaymer ransomware infected systems of the Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) taking down part of its network. According to the company, less than 5% of the computers in its network were […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2019
Buran ransomware-as-a-service continues to improve

The recently discovered ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) Buran attempts to gain popularity by offering discounted licenses. In May, researchers from McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research Team discovered a new piece of ransomware named ‘Buran.’ Buran is offered as a RaaS model, but unlike other ransomware families such as REVil, GandCrab the authors take 25% of the income earned […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2019
Major ASP.NET hosting provider SmarterASP hit by ransomware attack

Another day, another victim of a ransomware attack, this time major ASP.NET hosting provider SmarterASP announced it was infected by ransomware. SmarterASP.NET is one of the most popular ASP.NET hosting providers, the company has more than 440,000 customers. SmarterASP announced it was hit yesterday by ransomware attack. The attack encrypted customer data and the company’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2019
Boardriders and its subsidiarities QuikSilver and Billabong infected with ransomware

Ransomware attacks made the lines again, victims are the leading action sports company Boardriders and its subsidiaries including QuikSilver and Billabong. Systems at the action sports company Boardriders was hit by a ransomware attack, the incident also impacted some of its subsidiaries, including QuikSilver and Billabong. In response to the infection, the company shut down its […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2019
Brooklyn Hospital lost patient records after a ransomware infection

Another organization in the healthcare industry was a victim of a Ransomware attack, this time the victim is Brooklyn Hospital. A ransomware attack has infected several computer systems at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, the organization permanently lost patient data. The patient records encrypted in the attack include names and certain dental or […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2019
Everis and Spain’s radio network Cadena SER hit by ransomware

NTT DATA-owned firm Everis​ is one of Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP), it has suffered a ransomware attack, and it was not the only case. Systems at Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP) Everis have been infected by a ransomware, and it was not alone because the also Spain’s largest radio station Cadena SER […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2019
Ransomware hit TrialWorks, law firms and lawyers were not able to access court documents

TrialWorks, one of the most established providers of legal case management software for law firms and attorneys, was hit by ransomware. TrialWorks, a company that provides the most established and widely used legal case management software solutions, was a victim of a ransomware attack earlier this month. At result of the attack, law firms and lawyers, were […]