Garmin computer systems are subject to ransom SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Garmin is reportedly being asked to pay a $ 10 million ransom to free his systems from a cyber attack that has wiped out many of his services for two days. The navigation company was hit …
Read More »Garmin suffers a global outage and ransomware may be to blame
Garmin Titan GPS technology is dealing with a massive service disruption. According to reports from unidentified employees, ransomware may be the culprit. BRAZIL – 2020/06/08: In this photo illustration, the Garmin logo is seen on a smartphone. … [+] (Photo illustration by Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images / LightRocket via …
Read More »Don’t open the ‘Winky Face’ email
A successful spam campaign is infecting computers with ransomware and other malware like cryptocurrency miners and botnet software that can send spam messages from your accounts without you noticing. Phishing attempts are usually easy to catch, but it tricked enough users to open spam messages and download malicious Zip files …
Read More »The new Mac Ransomware is even more sinister than it sounds
The threat of Ransomware may seem ubiquitous, but there haven’t been too many strains specifically designed to infect Apple Mac computers since the first complete Mac ransomware appeared just four years ago. So when Dinesh Devadoss, a malware researcher at K7 Lab, released the findings Tuesday about a new example …
Read More »UCSF pays a $ 1 million ransom to recover data from hackers’ medical schools
Malware attacks on prominent companies and institutions are nothing new. But experts say the switch to working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic may be making it easier for hackers to find a way to break in. The University of California, San Francisco paid a $ 1.14 million ransom to …
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