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The small city of Cornelia in the US state of Georgia, best known among tourists for building a 2.4-ton sculpture of a red apple, is now becoming known for a more heroic feat – suffering its third ransomware attack so far this year and avoiding r… Continue reading Small City of Cornelia Dodges Ransom Again in Its Third Ransomware Attack of 2019
Alabama Hospitals Pay Criminals for Decryption Key after Ransomware Attack Alabama’s DCH Health System chose to pay a ransom after a ransomware attack last week prompted the shutdown of three hospitals, denying healthcare to patients and forcing … Continue reading Alabama hospitals pay criminals for decryption key after ransomware attack
The eGobbler malvertising threat actor has made a return, this time exploiting a WebKit vulnerability used primarily by iPhone’s Safari browser. Security researchers from Confiant estimate up to 1.16 billion impressions have been compromised sinc… Continue reading eGobbler infects more than 1 billion ads in worldwide campaign
A new zero-day vulnerability was identified in the vanilla Android operating system, affecting a large number of users and devices. The exploit has likely already been used in the wild by the NSO Group, an Israeli-based security company known for selli… Continue reading Android 0-Day exploit granting attackers root access found running in the wild
Living in the city, we learn to tread cautiously in dodgy neighborhoods, ask hard questions of fast-talking salesmen and look both ways before crossing the street. But we increasingly live online. Most of humanity is just now trying to figure out what … Continue reading Cyber Security Awareness Month: Checklist for a Cyberaware Life
Even among the Fortune 500, few companies take cybersecurity seriously enough to dedicate resources to it, including appointing a chief information security officer (CISO), a new study from security broker and mobile security company Bitglass reve… Continue reading Fortune 500 Companies Take Cyber Security for Granted
Amid the complexity of cybersecurity and the secrecy of criminal hackers, security threats have acquired an aura of mysticism, giving rise to enduring legends, rumors, misperceptions and outright myths. In the cybersecurity space, these myths are almos… Continue reading 10 Cybersecurity Myths That Criminals Love
A Ryuk ransomware attack compromised three hospitals in Alabama’s DCH Health System on Oct. 1, forcing doctors to turn away non-critical patients and obliging ambulances to seek other hospitals. The attack hit the DCH Regional Medical Center, Nor… Continue reading Three Alabama Hospitals Hit by Ryuk Ransomware; Ambulances Turned Away