IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

SecurityWeek

Jackson County, Missouri, discloses 'significant disruptions' to IT systems, says ransomware attack likely at fault.

Sophos News

Phishing features heavily in ransomware attacks but is primarily used to steal the credentials later used to log in to the organization. Click above …

Dark Reading

Ransomware, Junk Bank Accounts: Cyber Threats Proliferate in Vietnam. An economic success story in Asia, Vietnam is seeing more manufacturing and …

KSHB

More questions remain after a ransomware attack disrupted Jackson County's systems earlier this week.

BankInfoSecurity

The Missouri county of Jackson has declared a state of emergency after being hit by ransomware on the day of a special election.

Econofact

During a ransomware attack, malicious software encrypts data on a computer system making it unusable. The criminals will often steal the data from the …

SC Magazine

Missouri's Jackson County had some of its IT systems disrupted following a suspected ransomware attack, according to Ars Technica.

Government Technology

Jackson County, Mo., Struck by Ransomware Attack. The assessment, collection and recorder of deeds offices remain shuttered as the city updates …

TechTarget

Sophos said the majority of cyberattacks it investigated in 2023 involved ransomware, while 90% of all incidents included abuse of remote desktop …

Government Technology

Some property-related offices in Jackson County, Kan., were closed Tuesday due to computer malfunctions. A ransomware attack, the county said in a …