Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Following the ransomware attack earlier this year, the deadline for Royal Mail to pay the LockBit ransomware gang has passed and the Gang has not released any of the stolen data… yet. Experts think this s because they have not yet given up the hope of monetising the attack: LockBit’s …
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Bleeping Computers is reporting on the discovery of a new cyber-criminal gang, Metador, who have apparently been infiltrating ISPs, telecos and universities for the last two years: New hacking group ‘Metador’ lurking in ISP networks for months (bleepingcomputer.com) The group have been involved in some complex operations using Windows and …
There are always ransomware stories in the technical press – and even one of two that get into the mainstream press, but of course for all of these headliners, smaller companies and micro-businesses get hit by ransomware but do not make the news. That could be you! BlackCat ransomware claims …
In December 2019, Maastricht University in the Netherlands, decided to pay the ransom, of €200,000 at the time, to release the data of over 22,00 students, the academics and the university administration. Maastricht University wound up earning money from its ransom payment (bleepingcomputer.com) Since then the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service …
The is no word from the College of the Desert – based in Palm Desert, California, as to the type of cyber attack it is experiencing by it has disrupted the studies of 12,550 students. Cyberattack knocks out California community college email, website, landlines – The Record by Recorded Future …
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