Cloud hosting and IT services provider Netgain was forced to take some of their data centers offline after suffering a ransomware attack in late November. Netgain offers hosting and cloud IT solutions, including managed IT services and desktop-as-a-service environments, to companies in the healthcare and accounting …
US Fertility, the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., says that some of its systems were encrypted in a ransomware attack that affected the company two months ago, in September 2020. The US Fertility (USF) network is comprised of 55 locations across 10 states …
Ransomware is an increasingly worrying threat for computer users, businesses and organisations. HEXUS has covered news of the largest ransomware outbreaks seen so far, like WannaCry, Popcorn Time, Cerber and so on. With Windows 10 Fall creators Update (FCU) it’s good to see some proactive OS …
RansomSaver is an add-in for Microsoft’s Outlook messaging software that detects and protects against ransomware emails. Email is one of the main attack vectors of ransomware attacks. While there are other means of distribution, email is still a lucrative option considering that attackers may send emails …
Funds collected by the WannaCry ransomware attack that held hostage hundreds of thousands of computer systems around the world earlier this year have started to be withdrawn from online bitcoin wallets. A total of 52.2 bitcoins, valued at about $143,000, were withdrawn from the wallets overnight. …
The Petya ransomware attack that began spreading Tuesday has “significantly affected” the operations of FedEx subsidiary TNT Express, causing the company to halt trading of its stock. While domestic and international shipping services have remained operational for the most part, the companies acknowledged they have experienced …
A ransomware attack that has been referred to as Petya (though it is technically a different malicious attack and is being called NotPetya by security researchers) began spreading to computer systems around the world Tuesday, hitting government systems in Ukraine and corporate networks in Russia, Britain, …
It’s been over a month since the self-spreading ransomware called WannaCry caused chaos worldwide infecting over 300,000 Windows systems in more than 150 countries within just 72 hours, causing the shutdown of hospitals, telecom providers, and many businesses worldwide. Now, at the time, everyone thought that …
