The city of Riviera Beach, Florida, is the latest high-profile victim of a ransomware attack. Recently, the city council voted to pay more than $600,000 to a hacking group to regain access to data that had been locked and encrypted via ransomware nearly a month ago. That is, in addition to the $941,000, the city will be paying for new computers. An … [Read more...] about Florida City Paid Big Bucks To Hackers Using Ransomware
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Stolen Personal And Medical Information Was Found Online
Jeremiah Fowler, a researcher with Security Discovery recently found an unprotected Elasticsearch databased owned by a company called SkyMed on the internet. According to his findings the database was configured such that it was open and visible to any browser. This allows anyone who stumbles across it to edit, download, or even delete data … [Read more...] about Stolen Personal And Medical Information Was Found Online
2019 Sees A Huge Rise In Ransomware Attacks
According to FBI statistics, in 2013 there were 991 tracked incidents of ransomware attacks against business, resulting in losses slightly exceeding half a million dollars. The number of incidents steadily increased through 2016 when they reached 2,673 for the year, with total losses just shy of two and a half million dollars. During the … [Read more...] about 2019 Sees A Huge Rise In Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware: 1 E-mail Could Be Your Worst Nightmare
In 2017 alone the number of global ransomware attacks increased by 350% from the previous year and affected businesses of all sizes in all sectors. On average a single ransomware attack can cost a small to midsize business up to $99,000. Ransomware is essentially an infection sent via email that can encrypt files and documents on your network … [Read more...] about Ransomware: 1 E-mail Could Be Your Worst Nightmare
