Ransomware | Zee News

Advertisement

Ransomware News

24 Jul 2023

Government Cautions Internet Users Against Ransomware 'Akira'

CERT-In, the government's technology arm which guards against cyber attacks, issued an advisory regarding "Akira", a computer malware targets Windows and Linux-based systems.

16 Jun 2023

Major Global Cyberattack! Several US Federal Government Agencies Targeted

A concerted large hacking campaign, which began two weeks ago, has hit major universities and state and local governments across the US.

16 Dec 2022

900 Chinese accounts taken down by Meta over hacking issues

Meta took down a network of about 900 fake accounts on Instagram and Facebook operated from China by an unknown entity.

Safdarjung Hospital

03 Dec 2022

AIIMS server down for 11th day; now Safdarjung Hospital reports cyber attack

Safdarjung Hospital has reported cyber-attack 11 days after AIIMS server went down and attacked with ransomware.

23 Nov 2022

AIIMS: Services switched to manual as server goes down; ransomware suspected

A team from NIC has informed that this may be a ransomware attack and is being investigated by appropriate law enforcement authorities

26 May 2022

SpiceJet faces Ransomware attack; passengers stranded for hours: Watch video

SpiceJet faced a ransomware attack on May 25 Hundreds of SpiceJet airlines passengers were stranded at various airports Passengers stuck at airports raised concerns over the delay

08 Jan 2022

Ransomware attack edtech firm Finalsite, shuts thousands of school websites

Finalsite provides school districts with website design, hosting and content management solutions. The company said that they continue to restore more websites and core functionality every hour. At least 8,000 schools globally, hosted by Finalsite, discovered that they were no longer accessible or displayed errors.

22 Nov 2021

Unregulated crypto fueling ransomware attacks globally: Report

Cryptocurrency will continue to fuel cybercrimes such as ransomware and malicious cryptomining, and the trend will continue until global cryptocurrencies are better regulated, according to researchers from global cyber security firm Sophos.

30 Oct 2021

Cyberattacks On Rise: Here’s how to stop cybercrime

Employees should be educated on how to send and receive emails safely. Employees should have access to passwordless authentication methods. Employees must be taught the value of using secure connections like HTTPS.

US Fuel Pipeline

10 May 2021

Most disruptive cyberattack shuts down US fuel pipeline

The incident is one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations ever reported The incident has drawn attention to how vulnerable US energy infrastructure is to hackers A prolonged shutdown of the line would cause prices to spike at gasoline pumps

29 Jul 2020

Malware, ransomware top cyberthreats in India: Microsoft report

India registered the seventh highest malware encounter rate across the region, at 5.89 per cent in the past year. This was 1.1 times higher than the regional average. The report also found that India recorded the third highest ransomware encounter rate across the region.

03 Jul 2020

New ransomware targeting Apple macOS users via pirated apps

This is the second Mac malware discovered by K7 Computing, a global cybersecurity firm, after the fileless Trojan identified last December.

29 Jul 2019

E-mail attacks giving sleepless night to IT professionals

Spear phishing is widespread with 43 per cent of organizations being the victim of a spear-phishing attack in the past 12 months.

06 Apr 2018

Microsoft brings enhanced security features to Office 365

The new protection capabilities include email encryption, ransomware detection and recovery and files restore features.

22 Feb 2018

Cybercrimes cause losses of $600 billion a year to global economy, says report

Cybercrime losses are greater in richer countries; however, the countries with the greatest losses are mid-tier nations.

19 Dec 2017

Here's how Bengal is planning to protect records from cyber attacks

The West Bengal government is planning to introduce the blockchain technology to protect its documents from cyber attacks.

04 Nov 2017

India among top 7 countries at high ramsomeware risk: Sophos

According to "SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast" by global network and endpoint security leader Sophos, two types of Android attack methods are emerging -- locking the phone without encrypting data and locking the phone while encrypting the data.

Locku ransomware

03 Sep 2017

'Locky' is largest malware campaign in 2017

Locky ransomware`s re-emergence with new email distribution campaign has been touted as one of the largest malware campaigns in the latter half of 2017, the media reported.

04 Aug 2017

Wannacry ransomeware attack preventer accused of creating bank malware

Marcus Hutchins, known by the alias "Malwaretech," was charged in an indictment dated July 12 and unsealed by federal authorities in Wisconsin.

02 Aug 2017

Cyber attacks on India minimum, but govt alert: IT minister

As per the information reported to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERTIn), a total of 65 incidents involving ransomware were reported between 2014 and 2017 till June, he said in the Lok Sabha.

Loading...

NEWS ON ONE CLICK