Balough
September 13, 2021
(September 13, 2021) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) cyber division has issued a Private Industry Notification warning of ransomware attacks targeting food and agriculture businesses. The FBI notification said the food sector “is among the critical infrastructure sectors increasingly targeted by cyber attacks,” noting that, as the sector moves more toward smart technologies and […]
Balough
December 14, 2016
(December 14, 2016) Ransomware attacks continued to accelerate in 2016, both in terms of attacks and the variety of programs, a new report says. From January to the end of September, attacks on businesses increased threefold from one every 2 minutes to one every 40 seconds. For individuals, attacks increased to one every 10 seconds […]
Balough
February 18, 2016
(February 18, 2016) It was not a Hollywood movie but a real life ransomware attack that shut down the enterprise-wide hospital information system of an acute care facility for 10 days. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center said it paid 40 Bitcoins or about $17,000 in ransom to obtain a decryption key to unlock its information system. […]
Balough
December 16, 2015
(December 16, 2015) A new surge in ransomware attacks is underway, posing a threat to businesses and consumers, Symantec Corporation says. The computer security company said attackers are encrypting files and demanding ransom by using an updated version of the ransomware program TeslaCrypt. Over the past two weeks, attackers have sent “out massive volumes of […]
