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US Natural Gas Facility Hit with Ransomware
Unsurprisingly, we have another ransomware attack on the books. Yesterday, a malicious link was sent to staff at a US natural gas facility. As a result, staff was forced to shut down the entire pipeline asset for two days. Facility Inadequately Prepared This...
Ransom Demands Double While Ransomware Victims Bankroll Hackers
Alarming numbers from the last quarter of 2019 show that ransom demand payments doubled compared to the previous quarter, with the average ransom payment rising 104 percent from the previous quarter to $84,116 (Coveware), wrapping up a successful year for ransomware...
Caucus Complications: Data Backup and Recovery
A new smartphone app, “Shadow”, was recently introduced as a way to collect the results of the Democratic Party caucus in Iowa. As Tuesday afternoon rolled around, results were still not reported due to a problem with the app. According to Alexis Madrigal from the...
Las Vegas With Rubrik Versus Ransomware: 1-0
On January 7, at 4:30 a.m., the website and several city services were taken offline by a ransomware attack, which local press have speculated came from an phishing attack over email. A little over 24 hours later, the City of Las Vegas has returned to normal, almost...
Microsoft Releases Critical Security Vulnerability For Microsoft 10 and Microsoft Server 2016/2019
Windows administrators around the world are working overtime to update their Windows equipment after Microsoft released a patch on January 14 for critical security vulnerabilities in Microsoft 10 and Microsoft Server 2016, 2019, and more. Now, more than 900 million...