Pierluigi Paganini
October 17, 2019
M6, one of France’s biggest TV channels, hit by ransomware Unlike The Weather Channel earlier this year, M6 remained on the air. The M6 Group, the largest France private multimedia group, was the victim of ransomware over the weekend. The systems at the M6 Group, France’s largest private multimedia group, were infected with the ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2019
The global shipping and mailing services company Pitney Bowes suffered a partial outage of its service caused by a ransomware attack. The Pitney Bowes company announced that a ransomware attack infected its systems and cause a partial system outage that made some of its service unavailable for some customers. Pitney Bowes is a global technology company […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 13, 2019
An Alabama hospital chain announced to have restored normal operation after paying the ransom request by crooks that infected its systems with ransomware. A hospital chain in west Alabama was recently hit by a ransomware attack that paralyzed its systems. The organization opted out to pay the ransom and announced to have restored normal operation. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 11, 2019
Good news for the victims of the Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor that could be used to recover files. I have great news for the victims of the recently discovered Nemty Ransomware, security researchers have released a free decryptor tool that could be used to recover files. In mid-August, the Nemty […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2019
The gang behind BitPaymer and ransomware attacks has been found exploiting Windows zero-day for Apple iTunes and iCloud. The cybercriminals behind BitPaymer and iEncrypt ransomware attacks have been found exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability for Apple iTunes and iCloud in attacks in the wild. The zero-day vulnerability resides in the Bonjour updater that comes packaged with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2019
One of the victims of the Muhstik ransomware gang who initially paid the ransomware, decided to hack back the crooks and released their decryption keys. Tobias Frömel, is a German software developer, who was a victim of the Muhstik ransomware. Frömel initially paid the ransom to decrypt his files, but later decided to get his […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2019
A new wave of ransomware attacks hit US and Australian hospitals and health service providers causing the paralysis of their systems. Several hospitals and health service providers from the U.S. and Australia were hit by ransomware attacks that forced the administrators to shut part of their IT infrastructure. “Ten hospitalsâthree in Alabama and seven in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2019
Demant, a leading international hearing health care company, expects to incur losses of up to $95 million following a ransomware attack. Last month, Demant suffered a cyber attack that caused important problems to its operations, the company has yet to recover after the attack, a circumstance that suggests it was hit by a ransomware attack. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2019
Emsisoft security firm has released a new free decryption tool for the Avest ransomware, a few days after the release of WannaCryFake decryptor. Emsisoft security firm has released a new free decryption tool for the Avest ransomware, a few days ago the researchers also released a free decryptor for the WannaCryFake ransomware. The Avest ransomware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 26, 2019
Researchers at Emsisoft security firm have released a new free decryption tool for the WannaCryFake ransomware. Good news for the vicitms of the WannaCryFake ransomware, researchers at Emsisoft have released a FREE decryption tool that will allow decrypting their data. WannaCryFake is a piece of ransomware that uses AES-256 to encrypt a victimâs files. The […]
