IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Cyber Daily

The developer of a SWAT-based first-person shooter video game has allegedly lost four terabytes of data, including source code, to a ransomware …

Fox 56

(WOLF) — The Scranton School District says they were the target of a ransomware attack earlier this week. The district is facing outages and say …

GBHackers

A new variant of StopCrypt ransomware has been discovered which executes multi-stage shellcodes before launching a final payload that.

The Wall Street Journal

One reason: Ransomware gangs are on the rise, allowing even criminals with minimal computer knowledge to get into the game.

Techopedia

As law enforcement disrupts ransomware gangs, experts explain 'power abhors a vacuum' and talk about the rise of the “Five Families”.

Star Tribune

University of Minnesota researchers recently reported a 21% increase in mortality during ransomware attacks on hospitals. The federal government …

The Guardian

… Ransomware Initiative – to make the UK the hardest possible target for ransomware attacks. But we cannot do this in isolation. By responding to …

Yahoo Movies Canada

… ransomware “families” has been led by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Co-operation. Those arrested are suspected in 7000 ransomware

Hindustan Times

A ransomware attack on government-owned National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), India's largest aerospace research company, on November 15 last …

Bleeping Computer

Instead, contact AT&T directly to confirm that they attempted to contact you. This is a developing story. Related Articles: Nissan confirms ransomware …