Making ransom payment no assurance of getting data back: Telus
Almost half of surveyed Canadian organizations that suffered a recent ransomware attack paid in the hopes of…
Canadian healthcare provider’s unpatched Exchange server exploited twice by ransomware gangs
Two ransomware gangs separately exploited an unpatched on-premises Microsoft Exchange server at a Canadian healthcare provider last…
More than half of attacked Canadian firms paid cyber ransoms: Survey
Just over half of surveyed Canadian organizations hit by ransomware or malware have paid the amounts demanded…
How falling for a phishing email led to a crippling ransomware attack in Ireland
On March 18th, an employee in Ireland’s healthcare system clicked on and downloaded a malicious Microsoft Excel…
Sixty-seven per cent of Canadian firms surveyed were hit by ransomware in last 12 months
Canadian organizations may be being hit harder by ransomware than many suspect, if an upcoming survey is…
FBI report looks at the tactics of a ransomware affiliate
Infosec pros can now study the tactics of a ransomware affiliate gang that has been attacking U.S.…
Accenture hit by Lockbit ransomware, claims “no impact”
Global consulting giant Accenture was the victim of a ransomware attack by a gang known as Lockbit…
Ransomware the top attack type in Canada last year: IBM report
Ransomware accounted for nearly 60 per cent of attacks on Canadian IBM customers last year, according to an analysis by the tech giant.
If ransomware doesn’t kill you, the downtime will, says Datto report
Managed services providers are reporting that the downtime cost per incident has increased by nearly 95 per cent from 2019, and a dizzying 486 per cent from 2018, according to a new report.
Kaspersky report: Nearly half of employees don’t know how to respond to ransomware attacks
Despite the threat of ransomware being at an all-time high, a recent report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says that 45 per cent of employees in the U.S and Canada wouldn’t know how to respond to a ransomware attack.
You might want to think twice about integrating RMM with backups, says Asigra
Ransomware is bad enough, but ransomware infecting your precious remote monitoring and management platform is a true nightmare. But that’s the battle managed services providers are increasingly fighting, according to Toronto data protection firm Asigra.
Warning: Ransomware may be copying all credentials on victims’ networks
Logs apparently from one gang suggest a recent ransomware attack netted attackers passwords to a wide range of Internet services used by employees, not just corporate servers.
New ransomware strain targets Western countries, says report
Infosec pros in North America and Europe are being warned of a new ransomware strain.
Canadian municipalities are on an island fighting ransomware, and hackers are barely trying
Ransomware reared its ugly head many times this year, but as the barrier to entry for deploying ransomware becomes frighteningly low, experts are warning that municipalities are becoming increasingly vulnerable.
Datto report says average cost of downtime due to ransomware highest in Canada
The world’s most prominent malware threat is alive and well, and its devastating financial impact on businesses has only increased, especially in Canada, according to Datto Inc.’s fourth annual Global State of the Channel Ransomware Report.