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It’s business as usual for REvil ransomware

May 5, 2022 admin gandcrab, Jakub Kroustek, jbs, kaseya, raas, ransomware, Ransomware as a Service, rEvil, revil ransomware, Sodin, Sodinokibi

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 11:24:03 +0000

A sample of the new REvil ransomware was found in the wild, signaling that, yes, REvil has indeed come back.

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U.K. Hospitals Hit in Widespread Ransomware Attack

May 12, 2017 admin AVAST!, Bleeping Computer, Jakub Kroustek, Lawrence Abrams, National Health Service, Other, Telefonica, Wanna Decryptor, WannaCry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:54:01 +0000

At least 16 hospitals in the United Kingdom are being forced to divert emergency patients today after computer systems there were infected with ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s documents, images, music and other files unless the victim pays for a key to unlock them. It remains unclear exactly how this ransomware strain is being disseminated and why it appears to have spread so quickly, but there are indications the malware may be spreading to vulnerable systems through a security hole in Windows that was recently patched by Microsoft.