IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Dark Reading

'Swatting' Becomes Latest Extortion Tactic in Ransomware Attacks. Threat actors leave medical centers with the difficult choice of paying the ransom …

InformationWeek

One ransomware attack is bad enough, but threat actors won't always stop there. Dual attacks are a trend to watch.

PR Newswire

KnowBe4 releases the 2024 Ransomware Hostage Rescue Manual to help organizations prepare for, and recover from, an attack. TAMPA BAY, Fla., Jan.

SecurityWeek

Mortgage and non-mortgage lending firm LoanDepot has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that resulted in system disruptions. “The company has …

SC Magazine

Global Christian inter-church organization World Council of Churches had all of its systems disrupted following a ransomware attack on Dec.

Bleeping Computer

Toronto Zoo, the largest zoo in Canada, says that a ransomware attack that hit its systems on early Friday had no impact on the animals, …

Lohud

… ransomware attack exposed the personal information of some 250,000 people who had used the federally qualified health centers. An assurance, or …

Security Boulevard

Every ransomware attack starts with gaining initial access on an end point and infecting it with malware. Attackers will start by performing …

MercoPress

Paraguayan authorities Monday downplayed the importance of the ransomware attack by the Black Hunt group against the Armed Forces' computer …

Ars Technica

Security. Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware. Researchers identify 23 vulnerabilities, some of which can exploited …