Bonner County Daily Bee

Ransomware recovery rarely ends when the ransom is paid

Paying the ransom is only the beginning. Ransomware recovery costs, downtime, and trust damage can stretch for months. Learn ...

Most ransomware attacks are opportunistic. Here’s how you can stop attackers

Ransomware isn’t targeted - it exploits predictable gaps like poor hygiene and missing basics.
Tech Xplore

Researchers discover novel IT attacks—the defense mechanism is already operational

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Information Security have developed a new security standard to ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Fallout from the ransomware attack on Canvas used by thousands of universities

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A single attack brought a digital blackout to universities across the country. A former White House official says artificial intelligence was used in this attack. He says while the ...
tbsnews

Family attacks doctors following child's death in Bogura, interns boycott work

Intern doctors at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College (SZMC) Hospital have been observing a work stoppage since 9pm yesterday (13 May), protesting an alleged attack on physicians after a child's ...
Business Wire

Majority of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) Consider Paying Cybercriminals to End Ransomware Attacks, According to New Absolute Security Research

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifty-eight percent of cybersecurity leaders would consider paying cybercriminals to end a ransomware attack, with 46 percent ranking operational downtime as the most ...
Wired

Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever

Famous for helping build Apple’s iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world’s most valuable data. “Ransomware groups are increasingly ...
Wired

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software platform so thoroughly disrupted the ...
KSDK

Numerous Missouri colleges and 9,000 other Canvas schools hit by hacker ransomware attack

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A nationwide digital security breach has affected students at the University of Missouri and over 9,000 other education institutions that use the online service Canvas. Mizzou students ...
Business Wire

BlackFog Q1 Ransomware Report: Only 1 in 9 Ransomware Attacks Made Public as Data Exfiltration Hits 96%

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackFog, the leader in ransomware prevention and anti data exfiltration (ADX), today revealed findings from its analysis of global ransomware activity from January - ...
CSOonline

Iranian state-backed spies pose as ransomware slingers in false flag attacks

MuddyWater is muddying the waters of incident response with a ruse to cover data exfiltration and cyber-sabotage, according to a new report. An Iranian state-sponsored espionage group is pretending to ...