IT workers have been storing files on their computers’ hard drives. One councilman’s alleged response: “That can’t be right? That’s real?”
Tag Archives: Ransomware
Pitney Bowes and Groupe M6 join ransomware’s victim list
Two more large organisations find themselves struggling after a ransomware attack…
Update now! Windows users targeted by iTunes Software Updater zero-day
The flaw is a rare ‘unquoted path class’ described as “so thoroughly documented that you would expect programmers to be well aware…” But that’s not the case.
Ransomware attacks paralyze, and sometimes crush, hospitals
New attacks on the perennially besieged sector have crippled hospitals in the US and Australia and caused one health clinic to shut down.
Investors accuse FedEx of lying, stock dumping after NotPetya attack
This is the second such suit, with shareholders asking why execs sold $40m+ of their shares while downplaying the ransomware attack.
WannaCry – and why it never went away
WannaCry still hasn’t died out, more than two years after the original attack. We went live to find out why…
WannaCry – the worm that just won’t die
WannaCry never went away – it just became less obvious.
S2 Ep8: Facebook leak, $5m ransoms, DNS angst – Naked Security Podcast
The latest Naked Security Podcast is live – listen now!
US city balks at paying $5.3 million ransomware demand
The attack quickly encrypted 158 workstations – and would have been worse had it struck later in the working day.
Ransomware disrupts 22 Texas government departments
On August 16, Texas local government became the latest victim of the expanding global racket that is ransomware.