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At Datarecovery.com, we frequently work with businesses, healthcare organizations, and other enterprises that have fallen victim to ransomware. Many of these cases are recoverable — while many of the most well-known ransomware variants are well designed, some have design vulnerabilities...

A phrase like “computer forensics” might sound like something you’d hear tossed around on an episode of Law & Order: SVU or a rerun of Criminal Minds, but this is no made-for-TV thing: Computer forensics is a legitimate industry with...

On May 7, 2019, Baltimore suffered a crippling ransomware attack that limited access to services, including online bill payments and municipal employees’ emails. Now, the city is trying to figure out what went wrong, and an audit has turned up...

You’ve probably heard about ransomware, but if you’ve never suffered an infection, it probably seems like a negligible threat. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Ransomware attacks are fairly commonplace, with major attacks compromising data at large enterprises, hospitals, government...

Bitcoin used to be the preferred payment method of cybercriminals. Last year, we reported that the hackers behind the WannaCry ransomware infected PCs worldwide, and demanded payment in the form of Bitcoin from their victims. Hackers asked for Bitcoin because...

SamSam ransomware (also known as Samas, SamSamCrypt, and MSIL) is a quickly evolving type of malware that targets hospitals, municipalities, and other large organizations. After installing malicious software through compromised servers, the hackers encrypt network files, making them unusable, and...

A ransomware attack on the city of Atlanta on Mar. 22 has left officials scrambling to provide services to residents. Many critical services, like public-safety and wastewater treatment, have been unaffected. Meanwhile, other systems have ground to a halt or...

A report from a leading research firm found a startling statistic for 2017: only half of ransomware victims who paid a ransom were able to successfully decrypt their files. These findings and others in the report offer even more incentive...

SamSam ransomware has infected thousands of computers at the Colorado Department of Transportation. Over 2,000 employee computers were shut down to stop the spread of the malware after it was discovered on Feb. 21, and systems are still not back...