Ransomware

SAMSAM ransomware is suspected to hit systems used by the city of Atlanta's local services, causing outages on customer facing applications, including some that customers may use to pay bills or access court-related information.

As environments become progressively interconnected, threats become increasingly complicated. The top security events of the past year make this apparent — and their repercussions make the implementation of smart protections all the more important.

We looked into the state of email threats and security in 2017 to provide a clearer picture of what organizations are up against — and what can protect them.

Securing the network against any and all kinds of threats (old, new, or otherwise) is every CISO’s goal. We looked at 2017’s biggest threats and compiled advice so CISOs can mitigate risks and secure their companies’ bottom line in 2018.

We delved into 2017’s most notable threats to see what lies ahead in the mobile landscape, and what users and organizations can do to navigate it in 2018 and beyond.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was hit by a variant of the SAMSAM ransomware that encrypted files and locked 2,000 of the agency’s computers.

Security researchers uncovered a new ransomware as a service named ShurL0ckr that reportedly bypasses detection mechanisms of cloud platforms.

Hancock Health, a regional hospital in Indiana, paid a $55,000 ransom following a ransomware attack that infected the hospital’s systems and hindered its operations.

Cybercriminals allegedly linked to two of the most infamous malware of recent years were arrested in Romania after authorities caught five individuals with links to campaigns that distributed the CTB-Locker and Cerber ransomware.