A school district and city in the same geographically area in Texas were each hit with ransomware this week with the city of Garrison making a quick recovery, however, the Nacogdoches Independent School District (NISD) is still struggling. School district officials said the attack struck on February 11 forcing IT admins to shut down the computer
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Ransomware knocks city of Racine offline
The city of Racine, Wis., was hit with a ransomware attack January 31 that knocked most of its non-emergency computer services offline. The Wisconsin-city’s website, email system and online payment collection systems were still down as of February 3 and the city police are unable to processes fee payments or provide copies of police
Citrix fixes bug used in ransomware attacks; Auto maker GEDIA falls victim to exploit
Citrix over the last six days has been releasing firmware updates to fix CVE-2019-19781, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its Citrix Application Delivery Controller, Citrix Gateway and SD-WAN WANOP products, which cybercriminals have actively exploited in an attempt to deliver ransomware, backdoors and coin miners. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based
Ransomware attack cost New Orleans $7 million and counting
A ransomware attack on New Orleans has racked up at least $7 million in financial damage to The City That Care Forgot, its mayor said. New Orleans was able to get back $3 million through a cyber insurance policy, the mayor told WVUE, which also cited Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano as saying the city has an
Sodinokibi ransomware ID’d as cause of Travelex business disruptions
The malware that has disrupted foreign exchange finance company Travelex’s ability to conduct digital transactions since New Year’s Eve has been identified as Sodinokibi ransomware. The malicious encryption software, which operates on a Ransomware-as-a-Service model, may have been delivered via unpatched, vulnerable Pulse Secure VPN servers and it is believed that
Ransomware hits, but doesn’t stop, the Pittsburgh Unified School District
The Pittsburgh Unified School District is still recovering from a ransomware attack that took place over the holiday recess, but its superintendent says school is open for business. Janet Schulze, Superintendent, Pittsburg (Pa.) Unified School District, told district members in a statement that students are welcomed back while the district’s IT department struggles to recover from
Snake ransomware tries to slither its way into enterprise networks
Add yet another malicious encryption program to the expanding ranks of ransomware programs that target large enterprise networks in hopes of scoring big financial payoffs. The latest such threat is called Snake, a ransomware program written in the Go programming language, with an unusually high level of obfuscation. It was discovered
Ransomware forces Richmond Community Schools to close
Students attending Richmond Community Schools received a belated Christmas present when a ransomware attack delayed the re-opening of school from its holiday break. School officials were likely not as happy, as the attackers have demanded a $10,000 ransom payable in bitcoin, according to NBC25 News. The Michigan district was hit on Dec.
Ransomware attack on maritime facility prompts Coast Guard warning
The U.S. Coast Guard last month issued a safety bulletin following a ransomware attack that impaired both the IT systems and industrial control systems of a facility regulated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA), and prompted a 30-hour operational shutdown. The ransomware program, identified as Ryuk, was delivered via a
Ransomware shuts down The Heritage Company
The telemarketing firm The Heritage Company has become the latest ransomware victim to shut down, at least temporarily, its operations even after making a ransom payment to its attackers. Company CEO Sandra Franecke broke the news in a letter to her 300 employees that the 61-year-old firm would suspend activities. Each was told to call