ransomware

The FBI hacked and disrupted a ransomware gang and thwart their attempts from collecting $130 million ransom

Australia intends to make payment of ransomware to cyber hackers illegal after a recent cyberattack incident

Microsoft reported that hackers were targeting transportation and logistic companies in Ukraine and Poland recently

Some passengers were left waiting inside their planes for up to five hours

Ransomware is a type of malicious program used by hackers to take control of files in an infected system

High court directs employees not to plug USBs into office computers

The device is perfectly safe as long as it is not connected to Wi-Fi or plugged to a USB

Marcus Hutchins, whose arrest in 2017 stunned the computer security community

Key ransomware attacks include the so-called WannaCry and NotPetya malware

It is not clear how many people have been hit with nRansomware

Marcus Hutchins was arrested after being indicted on charges of creating malware to attack banks

Economic costs of the attack could dwarf the $8 billion global cost of the 'WannaCry' ransomware attack

Waves of attacks had been launched via software updates of the M.E.Doc accounting software since April

The attack used a virus that took down thousands of computers in dozens of countries

Initial infections were spread via a malicious update issued by M.E.Doc

The computer virus wreaked havoc on firms in more than 60 countries

Operations at Jawaharlal Nehru Port disrupted by global ransomware attack

Foreign firms worried about the cybersecurity law's impact on business in the world's second largest economy

Flaw in widely used networking software leaves tens of thousands of computers potentially vulnerable to the attack

Up to 300,000 computers in 150 countries were hit by the WannaCry worm

Researchers cautioned that the solution only works in certain conditions

Security researchers have found also evidence that could link North Korea with the global 'ransomware' cyber attack

A sharp rise in ransomware attacks have driven companies to use K&R policies to cover damages

Affected users logged out of website and app

The new attack targets the same vulnerabilities the WannaCry ransomware worm exploited

WannaCry ransomware has infected more than 300,000 computers since Friday

The young cyber security researcher says he found the weakness by chance

State agencies have installed security patches issued by Microsoft Corp

The 'ransomware' locked up more than 100,000 computers worldwide

The attacks used ransomware that exploited a security flaw in Microsoft operating systems

The massive cyber attack hit nearly 100 countries

Hacker group called Shadow Brokers released the malware in April claiming to have discovered the flaw from the NSA

The cyber attack affected the Russian interior ministry, the Spanish telecom giant Telefonica and hospitals in Britain