Tag Archives: cyber defense
The major hospital and health care network Universal Health System was hit by potentially the largest cyberattack in U.S. history so far. The computer infrastructure of Universal Health Systems (UHS) showed signs of failure on Sunday morning throughout the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico and the United States. The attack took down UHS’ network cross the […]
7 IT Solutions To Reduce the Risk Of Malware Infections Friday, June 26 2020 The University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine paid over $1 million to regain access to data after hackers encrypted it with malware. Situations like this happen all the time. Unfortunately, businesses and institutions across the world have failed […]
In May 2017, there was a massive, worldwide ransomware attack known as WannaCry that targeted computers running on Microsoft Windows operating system. Organizations that had not installed the Microsoft security updates were affected by the attack. If you’re reading this thinking, “That’ll never happen to me or my business,” you’re not alone, but you’re likely […]
Cyber-attacks are becoming ever more frequent, affecting local business, schools and even cities. Most recently, it was reported that Riviera Beach had to pay 65 bitcoins, which is the equivalent of $600,000, to hackers after a government employee clicked on a malicious email link three weeks ago. This was a classic case of ransomware. A […]
