Last month WannaCry ransomware hit more than 300,000 PCs across the world within just 72 hours by using its self-spreading capabilities to infect vulnerable Windows PCs, particularly those using vulnerable versions of the OS, within the same network. But that doesn’t mean WannaCry was a high-quality piece of ransomware. Security researchers have recently discovered some […]
Protect Against WannaCry: Microsoft Issues Patch for Unsupported Windows (XP, Vista, 8,…)
Massive Global Ransomware Attack Underway, Patch Available…
“Kill Switch” Found…
UPDATE: 130,000 Systems Attacked…Global Task Force Launched…
Ransomware Real-Time Attack Map…
Using NSA Exploit to Spread Rapidly…
Attack Has Hit 16 Hospitals in the UK & Up to 70k Devices in 74 Countries…
Creepy: Hackers Held Voice Recordings from CloudPets Toys for Ransom…
A report by security researcher Troy Hunt claims that a brand of internet connected children’s toys, CloudPets, have been infiltrated by hackers who collected hours of audio recordings of children and are demanding a ransom in exchange for the files. CloudPets allow parents to record voice messages on their phone and transfer these messages to […]
Another Ransomware Attack Shuts Down an Entire County’s Government…
Last week, all of Licking County’s government offices were completely shut down by ransomware, a type of malicious software created to obstruct access to an online network until the victims cough up a certain amount of cash. The ransomware even shut down the network of the county’s police force…