Hundreds of dental offices crippled by ransomware attack | CNN Politics

A ransomware attack has crippled an estimated 400 dental practices across the US.

Florida City Fires IT Director after Meeting Ransomware Actors' Demands

A municipality in Florida fired its IT director shortly after paying off bad actors who infected its computer systems with ransomware.

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Ransomware Hits Georgia Courts as Municipal Attacks Spread

Almost every month in 2019 so far has seen reports of a local government falling prey to ransomware, but this series of attacks belies an even broader threat.

City ransomware attacks and huge payouts mean a once-private corporate problem has gone public

These attacks have given the public the opportunity to examine the problems associated with ransomware, where corporations -- not obligated to disclose these attacks -- have mostly handled them...

Ransomware halts production for days at major airplane parts manufacturer - ZDNET

Nearly 1,000 employees sent home for the entire week, on paid leave.

Shade Ransomware Swaps Up Targeting to U.S. Victims

The Shade ransomware, which has historically targeted Russian victims, was recently spotted expanding into the U.S. and Japan.

Thousands of city employees locked out of computers by ransomware virus

Photo via city employee Editor’s note: This article won second place (Division O) in the Breaking News category of the Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Press

Businesses are Still Falling Behind on Email Security

When people think of email security they really only think of basic spam filtering that comes with whatever email service you use. They also know that these filters don’t prevent 100 percent of junk...

Healthcare IT Security Tips

Hospitals and other healthcare organizations have enough to be concerned about without needing to constantly worry about the security of their network. Unfortunately these times call for 24/7...

Orange County computer network hit by ransomware attack

“This morning was a total freakout” while the entire Orange County computer network was out of service Monday.

The Five Questions a CPA Must Ask a Cloud Service Provider

It’s an exciting time to be working with a cloud service provider. Forbes projects the cloud computing market to be worth a whopping $162 billion in 2021, a drastic increase from its $67B watermark...

Forrester Analyst: Ransomware Payments on the Rise

In this video, Josh Zelonis, senior analyst at Forrester Research, discusses the next great security threats to enterprises.