Corporate ransomware payment amounts rose sharply in the first quarter of this year, with a wave of coronavirus-related attacks and other peripherally-related cases because of complexities with shifting to remote work for many people, according to a Coveware blog post. The average ransomware payment, according...
A ransomware virus that the FBI has been tracking since 2018 has been detected in China. According to CoinDesk, a recent Tencent Security report stated the virus — named Ryuk — has infected more than 100 government and private enterprises in the U.S., with hackers...
October 29, 2020
A ransomware attack has infiltrated the healthcare system and affected five hospitals, the Associated Press (AP) reported. The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a statement that there is “credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” […]
July 18, 2019
A ransomware virus that the FBI has been tracking since 2018 has been detected in China. According to CoinDesk, a recent Tencent Security report stated the virus — named Ryuk...
