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Ransomware On The Rise: Dark Web Market Demand Up 2,500%

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Dissent

AJ Dellinger reports: The demand for ransomware attacks on dark web skyrocketed in the last year, with the marketplace showing a growth of more than 2,500 percent, according to a new report. United States-based cybersecurity company Carbon Black published a study titled “the Ransomware Economy” earlier this week that shows ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly…

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Ashland clinic notifies 1,600 patients after ransomware incident

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Dissent

News Tribune reports that a primary care clinic in Ashland, Missouri decided to pay ransom when patient data were encrypted by ransomware. The type of ransomware and amount of ransom was not disclosed: Namaste Health Care in Ashland is notifying about 1,600 patients its office experienced a security incident over the weekend of Aug. 12-13….

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Splitting hairs? After investigation, Equifax says it was not hacked again

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Dissent

Liz Moyer reports: Equifax says its systems were not compromised in the latest cyberbreach scare to hit the firm. Shares of the credit reporting company sank earlier on Thursday after Equifax said it had disabled one of its customer help online pages and was investigating another possible cyberbreach. They closed down about 1.69 percent. In…

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Malware attacks San Ysidro School District, demands $19K ransom

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Dissent

Leonardo Castañeda reports: Malware infected computers at a local school district this month, deleting emails and forcing the district to temporarily shut down part of its systems. The San Ysidro School District became a local victim of malware attacks that have hit school districts from Maryland to Montana this year. The cyber attack, known as ransomware,…

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Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center notifies 128,000 patients of ransomware incident

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Dissent

Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center disclosed a ransomware incident that may or may not have resulted in access to protected health information. As they explain in their notice to patients of September 24, 2017: On July 26, 2017, Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center discovered that its computer network had been impacted by ransomware,…

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New Group of Iranian Hackers Linked to Destructive Malware

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Dissent

Andy Greenberg reports: For more than five years, Iran has maintained a reputation as one of the most aggressive nations in the global arena of state-sponsored hacking, stealing data from corporate and government networks around the world, bombarding US banks with cyberattacks, and most brazen of all, unleashing multiple waves of computer-crippling malware that hit tens…

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