The attack on Universal Health Services left doctors and nurses scrambling to render care, with computers replaced by pen and paper.
“The United States government is starting to turn the tide on Chinese intrusion operations on Western companies and targets."
The attack exploited human vulnerabilities to gain access to its internal systems.
The company said it had no evidence the incident affected its own network and remains fully operational.
The demanded ransom is often a moderate amount that would pale in comparison to the recovery and reputational costs for a company that refuses to pay.
“Ring does not fulfill its core promise of providing privacy and security for its customers, as its camera systems are fatally flawed,” the suit says.
Understanding the business model behind cybercrime can be a helpful thought experiment to help CFOs allocate appropriate resources to cyber defenses.
The lab testing giant says a hacker gained access to personal data of about 11.9 million patients that it had provided to a billing collection service.
The bank alleges a Philippine institution conspired with North Korean hackers to make fraudulent transfers from its account at the New York Fed.
More than half of top executives at small businesses don't believe their company is a target for cyber-criminals. They're wrong.
The strain of ransomware that was reportedly used in the attack on LabCorp can "effectively lock down a computer, encrypting all the files inside."
Vulnerabilities in the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards could expose plaintext versions of messages to attackers.
