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Louisiana in a State of Emergency (Again)
Only weeks after the State of Louisiana declared a state of emergency after a vicious cyber attack, the City of New Orleans fell victim to its own ransomware incident. "Once the city confirmed it was under attack, servers and computers were shut down."Cyber criminals have ravaged state and local
Montana Regional Hospital in $650 Million Lawsuit
In May, Kalispell Regional Hospital experienced a data breach, compromising as many as 130,000 patients' personal data. "Hackers used fraudulent emails to bait employees into providing login credentials."Hackers frequently target healthcare facilities with Phishing attacks to gain access to their systems. Once in, they can initiate ransomware and
Hacker Steals $1mm in Venture Capital Funding
A promising Israeli startup was about to celebrate closing an investment round with a prominent VC firm. A China-based had different plans for that money. The attacker stole the $1 million investment, via a well-crafted man-in-the-middle attack. "Chinese hackers managed to hijack $1 million in seed money during a wire
The Attacks Don't Stop for Florida Cities
In a terrible back-to-back in the city of Pensacola, Florida, the city experienced a tragic shooting followed by a malicious digital attack. "Everything here in City Hall has been compromised at this particular time. We have no communication, Internet or phones, at this particular time."Despite vast cyber security resources
Ransomware Disables Physical Security
Last week, multi-national physical security firm, Prosegur, lost control of its network to Ryuk Ransomware. Prosegur's worldwide IT network was reportedly shut down and its employees were sent homeRyuk is a virulent strand of ransomware wreaking havoc on businesses large and small. The attack typically starts with a broad-based Phishing
The "Unsuccessful" Attack That Still Stings
It's two weeks since a vicious ransomware attack broke out at Louisiana's Office of Motor Vehicles. Many of the OMV's systems are still down. "The ransomware attack – triggered by what officials suspect was an employee opening a sketchy link – hit several state servers including at the Office of Motor Vehicles.
Phishing with Doorbusters
With the holiday season here, remind your teams to avoid those too good to be true deals! "Fake lookalike sites attempt to impersonate legitimate online retail sites, but offer significant discounts in order to incentivize people to make a payment or enter their credit card details."These attacks start with
Dark Web Black Friday Specials
What makes retail more real than deep discounts on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Criminals on the dark web are offering huge discounts on drugs, stolen credit cards and hacking tools for Black Friday 2019.Criminals apparently love discounts just as much as the rest of us. Unfortunately, the volume
