Rockford Public Schools in Rockford, Illinois, was hit by Ryuk ransomware days after the school year started in September 2019. The attack encrypted more than 6 million files, wrecked applications and locked up servers. But the district kept classes running while mounting a mighty recovery effort.
The REvil ransomware gang's attack against the U.S. software company Kaseya in July 2021 is one of the largest and most intriguing ransomware attacks of all time. Here's the inside story of how the attack went down and how organizations recovered.
In 2019, 23 cities across Texas were struck by one of the largest ransomware attacks ever in the U.S. The attack, which involved the REvil ransomware, started with a compromised managed service provider. While the cities recovered quickly, the MSP sustained irreparable damage.
This is the first episode of "The RansomwareFiles," a podcast series focused on stories of resilience in the fight against ransomware. A systems administrator with a school district in Washington state recounts a brush with Ryuk ransomware and how the district recovered through tenacity and a bit of luck.
This is the second episode of "The RansomwareFiles," a podcast miniseries focused on stories of resilience in the fight against ransomware. An Australian company, Matthews, saw its backups corrupted and attackers release its data. The company recovered however, and has greatly improved its IT security defenses.
Cybersecurity experts worry about attacks and ransomware directed at the 70,000 water and wastewater facilities in the U.S. In November 2020, the Hampton Roads Sanitation District was infected with Ryuk ransomware. Fortunately, its operational technology systems were unaffected, and it recovered.
Maersk was one of dozens of organizations crippled by the NotPetya malware in June 2017. Gavin Ashton and Bharat Halai worked in identity and access management at Maersk and share how the company's technology team tirelessly brought the company back from the brink of an IT systems meltdown.
The city of Tulsa issued a warning this week that a ransomware group that attacked the city in May leaked more than 18,000 city files on the dark web; it's advising residents to take precautions.
Number of industrial organizations with external connections to their Industrial Control Systems doubled, yet 86% of organizations report limited-to-no visibility of ICS environments
Dragos has released its fifth annual ICS/OT Cybersecurity Year in Review (YIR) report, the most comprehensive report on cyber...
Prevention is the best method to combat ransomware, but technology alone can only take you so far. Despite advancements in ransomware prevention technologies such as NGAV, application control, detection and response (EDR, XDR, and SOAR), and IR frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, ransomware attacks continue to escalate....
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