IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

UTHSC News – University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Ransomware, that digital bully holding your files hostage, can strike in different ways. Phishing Emails: Imagine getting an email that looks like …

PC World

Ransomware is nasty stuff. This type of malware encrypts files on your PC so that you can't access them—unless you pay the attacker to unlock the …

NPR

A Noridian spokesperson referred questions to CMS. The American Hospital Association calls the suspected ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a …

YouTube

Healthcare companies feeling the burden of ransomware attacks Subscribe to KOAT on YouTube now for more: bit.ly/1jocB9r Get more …

SC Magazine

The Play ransomware gang had exposed 65000 government documents, accounting for almost 5% of nearly 1.3 million leaked files stolen from its …

databreaches.net

How might banning ransomware victims from paying a ransom to their attacker work in practice? As ransomware groups are causing massive damage and …

JD Supra

CYBERSECURITY CISA- FBI + MS-ISAC Issue Warning on Phobos Ransomware– To help organizations protect against ransomware, CISA, the FBI, …

Yahoo Finance

The company, one of the best-known Belgian beer brands, was hit by a suspected ransomware attack on Tuesday night that shut down five of its …

Delco Times

21 ransomware attack on Change, which is owned by UnitedHealth Group and is one of the nation's largest electronic clearinghouses for processing …

Bleeping Computer

Optum's Change Healthcare has started to bring systems back online after suffering a crippling BlackCat ransomware attack last month that led to …