Tag: Ransomware
Bad Rabbit: The Full Research Investigation
What is this all about?
Earlier this week a new ransomware attack dubbed ‘Bad Rabbit’ broke out and has so far affected The Ukraine, Russia,...
September’s Most Wanted Malware: Locky Shoots Back Up Global Rankings
Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index has revealed a massive increase in worldwide Locky attacks during September, with the ransomware impacting 11.5% of organizations...
August’s Most Wanted Malware: Banking Trojans and Ransomware That Want Your Money
Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index has revealed that banking trojans were extensively used by cyber-criminals during August with three main variants appearing in...
July’s Most Wanted Malware: RoughTed and Fireball Decrease, But Stay Most Prevalent
Check Point’s latest Global Threat Impact Index reveals that that the number of organizations impacted globally by the RoughTed malvertising campaign fell by over...
Cyber Attack Trends: Mid-Year Report
Looking back at the first half of 2017, the word ransomware is probably one of the first that come to mind, courtesy of WannaCry...
2017-8-14 Global Cyber Attack Reports
TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES
Reports claim that a nation-state actor has breached EirGrid, Ireland’s electricity transmission company, and gained complete access to the company’s...
Ransomware: Turning off the power.
At 11:59 one dark night, a power company’s computers started sending out alerts. Suddenly, they had stopped communicating with each other. As the power...
2017-7-31 Global Cyber Attack Reports
TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES
The Swedish government is in turmoil, with 2 ministers already having resigned, following the discovery that a government contract has...
2017-7-24 Global Cyber Attack Reports
TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES
A vulnerability in Parity’s Ethereum wallet software has led to the theft of $30M worth of Ethereum cryptocurrency coins. Parity’s...
JavaScript Lost in the Dictionary
Check Point threat Intelligence sensors have picked up a stealth campaign that traditional anti-virus solutions are having a hard time detecting.
On July 17th SandBlast Zero-Day...