The Port of San Diego issued a statement on Wednesday claiming to have experienced a “serious” cyber-attack. In the follow-up statement released yesterday, the port claimed that IT systems belonging to the Port of San Diego were infected with a piece of ransomware. Some of the ports systems were compromised as a result of the attack and others were shut down as a precautionary measure.
In 2017, ransomware attacks increased by 90 percent, making it the most prevalent variety of malware. Every organization should be thinking about ransomware protection and detection – because proper security is always more prudent than the costs of a ransom or lost time and data. Ransomware is changing and evolving – and so are network security offerings. Here are a few things you need to know to protect your business against a ransomware attack.
Malware, or malicious software, is often used by the cybercriminals to cause a significant amount of damage at the victim’s end. The phrase ‘cybercriminals’ include attackers, hacktivists, group of hackers and even nation-states.
In the previous articles, we have thoroughly discussed ransomware, their impact in 2017 and their worst types. In this post, we will talk about 10 worst ransomware attacks in the last five years (2013-18).
Malicious hackers have been exploiting thousands of legitimate websites since at least December 2017 in a sophisticated campaign that has disguised malware as fake software updates. Security researchers at MalwareBytes report that they have uncovered evidence of thousands of compromised websites running popular content management systems (CMS) such as SquareSpace, WordPress and Joomla.
In 2017, ransomware attacks clearly dominated the cybersecurity landscape. WannaCry, Petya, Not Petya, Adylkuzz, Bad Rabbit, Cerber, etc. are just a few names that did the rounds in the last year. Lucrative payments is one of the most prominent reasons which has lured in many attackers to launch multiple ransomware campaigns in the last couple of decades. Though we are yet to see a major ransomware attack this year, activities of cyberspace are unpredictable.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Companies aren’t very confident in their ability to detect, respond to and remediate ransomware attacks, according to the 2017 Ransomware Report, sponsored by user behavior analytics and activity monitoring company Veriato and 13 other companies and conducted by Crowd Research Partners.
A new strain of the Petya ransomware started propagating on June 27, 2017, infecting many organizations. Similar to WannaCry, Petya Ransomware uses the Eternal Blue exploit to propagate itself. Petya is taking down corporate networks that run mainly on Microsoft Windows software. It has already hit most Government applications in Ukraine as well as major companies in Europe including advertising agency WPP and law firm DLA Piper.
