IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

SC Magazine

Microsoft's cloud-syncing feature can be used as ransomware, an Israeli researcher demonstrated at the Black Hat security conference.

Bleeping Computer

A ransomware attack on an educational institution causes more than just class disruption. It can result in lost teaching hours, financial strain, …

DevPro Journal

This security update includes information on increased ransomware activity, newly discovered vulnerabilities, and insider threats from new …

Security Boulevard

But it's important to remember that not every ransomware attack is made public. A more disturbing figure is the number of undisclosed ransomware …

SecurityWeek

The personal information of 1.5 million individuals was compromised in a ransomware attack at Alberta Dental Service Corporation (ADSC).

SC Magazine

The Akira ransomware gang posted on its leak site that it has stolen 85 GB of data from the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, which operates around 28 …

IT World Canada

The new INC ransomware group took no more than a week — and possibly less — to enter and encrypt an organization's IT systems, according to …

SC Magazine

BleepingComputer reports that VMware ESXi servers have been targeted with a new Linux locker by the Monti ransomware operation, …

BankInfoSecurity

Property listings nationwide are being disrupted due to an apparent ransomware attack against California-based Rapattoni, which hosts Multiple …

Help Net Security

While not paying a ransom is ethically correct, organizations lack power when it comes to ransomware attacks.