IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Infosecurity Magazine

Ransomware attackers are shifting away from “big game” targets and towards easier, less defended organizations, a new report from Trend Micro has …

Manila Bulletin

… ransomware attack today, September 22, 2023. PhilHealth has millions of … The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) experienced a …

The HIPAA Journal

A new report from Trend Micro shows ransomware attacks have increased by 47% since 2H 2022. While the most prolific ransowmare-as-a-service …

Dallas Morning News

Four months after Dallas announced the ransomware attack, officials have for the first time released a timeline of what happened and a list of what …

Manila Bulletin

Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts the files on a victim's computer and demands a ransom for their decryption. Ransomware attacks have …

WFAA

Per the after-action report, Royal downloaded almost 1.2 terabytes of data through that server, and launched a ransomware attack in the early morning …

Defense One

The Snatch ransomware group has been learning from others to improve its own ploys, including data theft and double extortion, cyber authorities …

Bleeping Computer

The City of Dallas, Texas, said this week that the Royal ransomware attack that forced it to shut down all IT systems in May started with a stolen …

SC Magazine

SiliconAngle reports that ransomware attacks against the educational sector have significantly increased from 2018 to 2022 and are expected to …

Becker’s Hospital Review

LockBit, a ransomware gang, said it would leak stolen data from Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical …