Weekly Threat Report 6th April 2018

Ransomware attacks in the US

Recent media reports have highlighted the continued ransomware threat to public and private sector organisations. These included a ransomware attack against Atlanta City that took much of the city’s internal and external services offline.

The services impacted included customer-facing applications used to pay bills or access court-related information. SamSam ransomware was reported to have been used in this attack.

Elsewhere, the City of Baltimore’s 911…

Link: Weekly Threat Report 6th April 2018
Source: NCSC Reports