Lee Mathews reports: If you’re properly prepared, however, ransomware can actually be quite easy to deal with. The security professionals at Cybereason think their new, free Windows app can help. It’s called (logically enough) RansomFree. Cybereason says it protects computers by watching for the behaviors typically exhibited by ransomware. Like other anti-malware tools with behavioral analysis tools,…
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MI: Alpena Public Schools Superintendent says ransomware was “just some inconvenience”
David Holsted reports: Computer hackers didn’t get money out of Alpena Schools. The district is the latest victim of ransomware, a denial-of-access attack that prevents computer users from accessing files. However, Superintendent Andrea Martin said the district did not pay the ransom, and no harm was done to the files. No important information was lost….
Three Romanian nationals indicted in cyber fraud case in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million
A 21-count indictment was unsealed in which three Romanian nationals were charged for operating a cyber fraud conspiracy in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony. Bogdan Nicolescu, 34, Tiberiu…
Bulgarian Charged with GozNym Malware Attacks in the U.S.
Dec. 12 – A Bulgarian man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh in connection with a sophisticated malware package known as GozNym, designed to steal banking credentials and other confidential personal information from infected computers. The six-count indictment, returned on Oct. 4, 2016, and unsealed today, named Krasimir Nikolov, age 44,…
Another day, another ransomware attack in the health care sector
John Blodgett reports: An unauthorized person hacked into the computer system of a chain of health clinics in the San Gabriel Valley and installed “ransomware,” the company that operates the clinics reported Wednesday. The breach of one server occurred in October, according to a news release from the East Valley Community Health Center, which operates…
IL: Security breach could affect Black Hawk College employees
Anthony Watt reports: Information about Black Hawk College employees and their dependents could have been compromised in a hack of a former insurance provider’s server. Summit Reinsurance Services Inc. has notified the college that the names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information and medical records of 1,000 current and former employees could have been accessed…