On the Evolution of Ransomware
December 30 2020
Good article on the evolution of ransomware:
Though some researchers say that the scale and severity of ransomware attacks crossed a bright line in 2020, others describe this year...
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When zombie malware leads to big-money ransomware attacks
December 17 2020SophosLabs investigates SystemBC, a malware utility for launching fileless malware attacks, including big-money ransomware.
Read moreBonus Naked Security Podcast minisode - listen now!
Read moreJust because a medical agency is "obviously" on the cybercriminal radar doesn't mean that the rest of us are "obviously" off it.
Read morePayment card processing giant TSYS suffered a ransomware attack earlier this month. Since then reams of data stolen from the company have been posted online, with the attackers promising...
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Wired has a detailed story about the ransomware attack on a Dusseldorf hospital, the one that resulted in an ambulance being redirected to a more distant hospital and...
Read moreS3 Ep7: When ransomware crooks get a big fat zero! [Podcast]
November 19 2020Here's the latest podcast - listen now!
Read moreHere's the latest Sophos Threat Report - learn what cybercriminals are up to on Windows, Linux, Android and more
Read moreBad news: data stolen, data dumped, customers affected. Good news: crooks got $0. The ransom was $11M, so that's a big deal!
Read moreRansomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads
November 10 2020It's bad enough that many ransomware gangs now have blogs where they publish data stolen from companies that refuse to make an extortion payment. Now, one crime group has...
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