A $1.03 Cyberheist Targets Washington Hospital

A Washington State public hospital has become the latest victim of cybercriminals. A gang which operates from Ukraine and Russia stole $1.03 million from the hospital with abet of more than 100 people based in the United States. The accomplices were hired by the criminals through the ‘work-from-home’ job racket. The criminals have been operating such a scam […]

Cryptolocker Virus, AFP Imposter Warning

CryptoLocker has been gaining its infamous reputation since it was first introduced in 2013 by “kidnapping” important files for a ransom. CryptoLocker propagated through infected email attachments or links, and when activated, the malware encrypts certain types of files stored on local and mounted network drives, with the private key stored only on the malware’s control servers.