Ransomware Major Cyber Attacks Of 2018

Ransomware Major Cyber Attacks Of 2018

 Atlanta Ransomware Attack 

In March, the SamSam ransomware struck the City of Atlanta in a big way by infecting and halting the operation of multiple city services for over a week. Services affected were the city’s law courts that prevented court cases from proceeding, warrants being issued, and residents being able to access the city fine online payment services. The malware entered through one of the many public-facing entry points, such as FTP servers and various VPNs, and demanded a ransom of almost $7,000 be paid in Bitcoin to unlock each affected computer

 Ukraine Energy Ministry 

In April, threat actors used ransomware to take the website of Ukraine’s energy ministry offline and encrypt its files. It’s believed that threat actors took advantage of vulnerabilities in Drupal 7, the off-the-shelf content management system software, to carry out the attack. Check Point Research carried out a detailed analysis of the vulnerabilities in versions 6-8 of Drupal to reveal how it works. Boeing Ransomware Attack WannaCry ransomware attacks were still active in 2018, as seen in the attack on a Boeing production plant in Charleston, South Carolina. The attack was spread rapidly throughout the company’s manufacturing IT systems and there was concern that the virus would hit equipment used in functional tests of planes and potentially spread to airplane software 

76%

of organizations experienced a phishing attack in the past year 

Source: 2018 IT Professionals Security Report Survey