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Category Archives: Emsisoft

Ransom Gangs Emailing Victim Customers for Leverage

April 5 2021 By BrianKrebs in Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Lawrence Abrams, Ransomware, rEvil, Security, The Coming Storm

Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim's customers and partners directly,...

Ransomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads

November 10 2020 By BrianKrebs in Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Ransomware, Security, The Coming Storm

It's bad enough that many ransomware gangs now have blogs where they publish data stolen from companies that refuse to make an extortion payment. Now, one crime group has...

Why Paying to Delete Stolen Data is Bonkers

November 4 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Ransomware, Security

Companies hit by ransomware often face a dual threat: Even if they avoid paying the ransom and can restore things from scratch, about half the time the attackers also...

Florence, Ala. Hit By Ransomware 12 Days After Being Alerted by KrebsOnSecurity

June 9 2020 By BrianKrebs in alex holden, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Hold Security, Latest Warnings, Ransomware, Security

In late May, KrebsOnSecurity alerted numerous officials in Florence, Ala. that their information technology systems had been infiltrated by hackers who specialize in deploying ransomware. Nevertheless, on Friday, June...

Ransomware Hit ATM Giant Diebold Nixdorf

May 11 2020 By BrianKrebs in BleepingComputer, Diebold Nixdorf, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Lawrence Abrams, ProLock ransomware, Ransomware

Diebold Nixdorf, a major provider of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and payment technology to banks and retailers, recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some operations. The company says...