Latest about Ransomware
Hackers demand France’s Schneider Electric pay a $125k ransom in baguettes
Hungry hackers have demanded that France’s Schneider Electric pay a $125,000 ransom in baguettes.
Microchip Technology suffers cyberattack
U.S. chipmaker Microchip Technology suffers from cyberattack, forcing it to reduce operations as it looks into the scope of the damage.
Indonesia gov ransomware chaos may be over after hack group apologizes and says it has shared decrypt keys
Brain Cipher group, which was behind the massive ransomware attack on the Indonesian government, released the decrypt keys and apologized publicly for its actions.
Indonesia, suffering from a ransomware attack, discovers it has no backups — 'That's stupidity,' remarks astute government official
The devastation from a June cyberattack against Indonesia has been made much worse by a complete lack of data backups from one of the compromised data centers.
Microsoft now forces automatic OneDrive backups in clean Windows installs
OneDrive backup and syncing becomes an opt-out feature for Windows 11.
Windows 11 24H2 may block connections to unsecured third-party NAS devices — Microsoft enables SMB signing for enhanced security
Better late than never, Microsoft disabled two protocols by default which will secure over a billion PCs and NAS
"ShrinkLocker" ransomware uses BitLocker against you
The ShrinkLocker ransomware attack uses BitLocker to encrypt corporate systems and destroy all recovery methods. The new attack is more directed at destruction than extortion.
Critical EUV chipmaking tool supplier hacked, pressed to pay $10 million for ransomware unlock – Hoya dismisses hack as an ‘IT system incident’
1.7 million files were swiped by Hunters International, say reports.
