Eerie GoodWill ransomware forces victims to publish videos of good deeds on social media
GoodWill ransomware has victims do something other than pay a ransom to recover their files.
Ransomware does what the name implies: holds your files or network to ransom. Pay...
Chicago students lose data to ransomware attackers
A recent breach notification has revealed some 490,000+ students were impacted by a ransomware attack last December.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) disclosed on Friday that students may have had...
Cardiologist moonlighted as successful ransomware developer
Moises Luis Zagala, cardiologist by day, ransomware developer by night, has been charged by the US government for computer crimes.
The US has charged a 55-year-old French-Venezuelan cardiologist from...
College closes down after ransomware attack
Lincoln College is the first US college or university ransomware affected so badly that it could not cope and had to close shop.
Lincoln College, one of the few...
Costa Rica continues defence against sustained Conti ransomware attacks
Costa Rica is doing everything it can to ward off persistent and overwhelming attacks from the Conti Ransomware group.
It’s not been plain sailing recently for Conti ransomware, the...
It’s business as usual for REvil ransomware
A sample of the new REvil ransomware was found in the wild, signaling that, yes, REvil has indeed come back.
After the FBS arrested 14 of its members in...
Onyx ransomware destroys files, and also the criminal circle of trust
Onyx ransomware destroys files larger than 2MB leaving victims with tough questions about paying ransoms.
Some ransomware authors seem to be whittling down their tenuous “circle of trust” style...
FBI warns food and agriculture to brace for seasonal ransomware attacks
For the second time, the FBI has warned the food and agriculture sector about the risk of ransomware attacks.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently released a Private...
Conti ransomware offshoot targets Russian organizations
A new Conti variant was explicitly designed to target Russian organizations.
Thanks to the Threat Intelligence team for their help with this article.
Conti, the infamous ransomware created by a group...
Hive ransomware impacts California non-profit health organisation
We look at a developing story where Hive ransomware has heavily impacted a non-profit healthcare organisation.
Ransomware authors are once again targeting health services, holding important files to ransom...
