Cyber warfare among nation-states is also one of the realities of modern times. Countries are now settling scores on cyber battlefield. For instance, news channels are still covering the issue…
Midland is a small Canadian town located on Georgian Bay in Ontario. The municipal office of the town suffered a ransomware attack in the early morning of September, 1st. The…
In contrast to data breaches, ransomware attacks largely centered on locking down the data instead of exfiltrating it. However, there is no set rule regarding this in the guidebook used…
At any given time, a plethora of cryptovirological strains is riding the cyber waves. Teams hunting for malware, therefore, are used to detect a new ransomware strain every other day….
We have discussed it several times that a ransomware target must not engage with the attackers or pay them for ransomware removal. Law enforcement entities also advise the same. Ransomware…
Getting hit by a ransomware is one of the worst predicaments that could happen to netizens. With the world’s migration to the e-space, the realization that your personal or business…
A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered a new cryptovirological strain from the family PyLocky ransomware. This ransomware strain delivers its payload through executable files attached in phishing emails. Developers…
Last month, an iPhone chipmaker in Taiwan sustained a cyber attack. The company had to stop the manufacturing process following the attack. Their security team couldn’t find out the nature…
It is normal for cybersecurity experts to discover strange things on the World Wide Web. If we particularly talk about the domain of cryptovirology, then a new strain is discovered…
This year, we have seen a growing trend of cryptovirological operators to target local governments and the departments operating in the public domain. In the same flutter, Riverside Police Department…