A Birmingham college was forced to close this week due to a “major ransomware attack” affecting many of its core IT systems. The nature of the attack still not confirmed. The Cybersecurity expert commented below on the danger of ransomware in light of this incident.
1/3 TEMPORARY CAMPUS CLOSURES❗️The college has suffered a major ransomware attack on our IT system, which has disabled many of our core systems. Our campus buildings will therefore be CLOSED TO STUDENTS for a week from Monday 15 March to allow our IT specialists to fix the issue.
— @southandcitycol (@southandcitycol) March 13, 2021
SonicWall last week announced the availability of patches for a severe vulnerability in its Network Security Manager (NSM) product. NSM is a firewall management application that provides the ability to monitor and manage all network security services from a single interface, as well as to automate tasks to improve security operations. SonicWall’s platform is available…
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Research Report Describes Marketplace’s Evolving Tactics Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • May 26, 2021 Source: Flashpoint and Chainalysis The Hydra darknet marketplace, which initially focused on narcotics sales, now also offers stolen credit cards, SIM cards, VPN access and cryptocurrency laundering services, with annual…
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has suffered a ransomware attack that forced the City to shut down its systems to prevent the further spread of the malware. Tulsa is the second-largest city in Oklahoma, with a population of approximately 400,000 people. Over the weekend, threat actors deployed a ransomware attack on the City of Tulsa’s…
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