IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

FOX 5 Atlanta

– Another Georgia county has been hit by a ransomware attack. Gilmer County officials say they are working with nationally recognized third-party …

CBS News

FORT WORTH — New information is out about the recent ransomware attack on the Tarrant County Appraisal District. TAD confirmed Monday it received …

KERA News

An unknown ransomware group is demanding $700000 from the Tarrant Appraisal District, after a network disruption last week took the district's …

WSB-TV

Gilmer County is reporting that they are the latest targets of a ransomware attack.

Axios

Hackers demanded $700,000 after attacking Tarrant County appraisal site · The big picture: Ransomware attacks are on the rise nationwide, often …

11Alive.com

“Gilmer County recently detected and responded to a ransomware incident and has taken affected systems offline while we work to secure and restore …

Trend Micro

This blog entry discusses the Agenda ransomware group's use of its latest Rust variant to propagate to VMWare vCenter and ESXi servers. By: Arianne …

Dark Reading

The Agenda ransomware group has been ramping up infections worldwide, thanks to a new and improved variant of its virtual machine-focused ransomware.

Sophos News

There are two main ways to recover encrypted data in a ransomware attack: restoring from backups and paying the ransom.

Theregister

Interview As ransomware gangs target critical infrastructure – especially hospitals and other healthcare organizations – DARPA has added another …