- Security
- By George Dascalu
- July 16th, 2021
Australian Organizations Spent $55 Million in Ransom Payments
The Australian practice of paying ransoms requested by hackers is a well-kept secret that no one discusses
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- June 16th, 2021
Could Monero Replace Bitcoin in the Cybercrime World?
Due to its more private nature, Monero is starting to be preferred by crybercriminals on ransom demands
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- June 14th, 2021
Ransomware Struck Teamsters in 2019, but They Refused to Pay
Teamsters was able to recover 99% of its data from historical material, some of it from physical copies
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- June 8th, 2021
Department of Justice Reclaims Millions of Dollars Paid to Colonial's Attackers
Ransomware Taskforce managed to recover crypto from DarkSide
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- May 14th, 2021
Colonial Pipeline Allegedly Pays Off the $5 Million Ransom
The payment clears the way for the main pipe re-opening
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 23rd, 2019
Fame-Hungry Hacker Threatens to Erase iCloud Accounts Unless Apple Pays Ransom
And the only thing he gets is a two-year suspended jail term
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 18th, 2019
Microsoft on Ransomware Attacks: Just Don’t Pay the Hackers
“It’s a pat on the back for the attacks,” company says
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 18th, 2019
Canadian Company Pays Hackers to Retrieve Data of 15 Million Customers
LifeLab says no information was publicly exposed
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- December 16th, 2019
New Jersey Hospital Crippled by Ransomware, Pays Hackers to Unlock Files
Largest NJ hospital confirms cyberattack, paid ransom
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 14th, 2018
1,000 Bitcoins Ransom Asked from Media Prima After Successful Ransomware Attack
Attackers locked Media Prima Berhad's email system
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 7th, 2018
Healthcare Targeted by 37 Percent of All Ransomware Attacks in Q3 2018
SMBs were the ones attacked in 71% of incidents
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 21st, 2018
US Under Attack from Virobot Ransomware with Botnet and Keylogger Traits
Spreads via Microsoft Outlook spam e-mails
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 9th, 2017
CD Projekt Red, Witcher 3 Maker, Suffers Data Breach
The attackers are threatening to leak Cyberpunk 2077 pics
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 16th, 2017
WannaCry Attackers Make $70K in Ransoms
Over 250 people paid the price of the decryption key
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 15th, 2017
Hackers Target Disney, Demand Ransom or They'll Release Upcoming Movie
Rumor has it they have the latest Pirates of the Caribbean
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 27th, 2017
Cybercriminals Have a Profit Margin of Up to 95% from DDoS Attacks
DDoS-as-a-service is growing in popularity and so are the funds in the pockets of the cybercriminals
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 22nd, 2017
Apple Pressured to Pay Ransom by Hackers Threatening to Remotely Wipe iPhones
They want $75K in Bitcoins or $100K in iTunes gift cards