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DearCry Ransomware Hitting Exchange Servers

Attackers are installing the DearCry ransomware on some vulnerable Exchange servers.

Ransomware, Microsoft

Intel vPro Chips Include Ransomware Detection

The latest Intel vPro processor will include built-in protections to detect and block ransomware attacks, Intel said.

Hardware, Ransomware

Ransomware Task Force to Figure Out How To Fight Ransomware

A group of security and technology vendors, non-profit groups, and other organizations have formed a coalition to tackle the impact of ransomware on various industry sectors such as government, education, healthcare, and other critical verticals. The Ransomware Task Force will release a standard framework addressing how to deal with attacks.

Ransomware

The Painful Calculus of Ransomware Payments

Ransomware gangs have added data theft to their tactics, bringing another variable into the pay or don't pay equation.

Ransomware

FBI Guidance Evolves on Ransomware Payments

The FBI has always advised victims not to pay ransomware groups, but its thinking has evolved as attacks have proliferated and worsened.

Government, Ransomware