Tag: ransomware
Sinclair hit by ransomware attack, TV stations disrupted
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates dozens of TV stations across the United States including WJAR-TV NBC 10, said Monday that some of its servers...
PBN summit: In trying to repel cyber threats, companies can’t go...
Cybercriminals are getting ever more creative, flexible and greedy. To defend themselves, organizations of every kind and size must persuade employees and vendors of...
Envision Technology Advisors to host webinar to help businesses protect against...
PROVIDENCE – Envision Technology Advisors LLC Chief Operating Officer Jason Albuquerque will present the webinar “Protecting Your Business from a Ransomware Attack” on Aug....
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens U.S. health care system
BOSTON (AP) – Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the United States health care system designed...
Don’t ignore threat of ransomware
As if businesses don’t have enough to worry about in a pandemic, add a growing number of ransomware attacks to the list.
Tom Doyle, an...
Is your company prepared to handle a cyberattack or related efforts...
The pandemic has seen a predictable surge in often costly cyberthefts and network intrusions targeting local companies.
Tom Doyle, cyber intelligence analyst from the FBI’s...
Hackers targeting municipalities, states
A recent cybertheft of $4.2 million from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System and resulting FBI probe has the attention of Rhode Island and...
As hackers advance, government, businesses must stay step ahead
In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, technological upgrades can quickly become outdated. And no government or business can afford to think they are too...
New Bedford reveals details of July computer systems hack
NEW BEDFORD – In early July the computer system for New Bedford was identified as being under a ransomware attack.
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell...
Is a ransomware attack a reportable data breach?
Ransomware involves the denial of access to a user’s data; often, a hacker encrypts an organization’s data with a key known only to the...
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