"For a while, I would have simply responded that the Mac was more secure, for sure," Edge told Tom's Guide. UK based government agency ‘Health and Safety Executive’ (HSE) is said to have informed the Data Protection Commission UK about the incident.Another factor, as security expert and software developer Charles Edge explained, is that Apple's closed platform has limited how developers can interact with the operating system, while Windows has generally given developers more flexibility.īut Edge notes that over the past few years, Windows has closed off elements of its platform, bringing it closer to Apple's security. Instead, the group says that it will rely on the business continuity plans until the full systems are restored. The news is also out that a ransomware attack took place on Midland Regional Hospital located in Tullamore yesterday locking down laboratory-related information from being accessed by patients and doctors.Īnd as per the sources reporting to the Cybersecurity Insiders, there is no evidence that the attack has disrupted other digital systems of the healthcare services provider.ĭublin Midlands Hospital Group has confirmed the news and said that the management has decided not to bow down to the demands of the hackers who have encrypted the database. It is believed that TA505 has launched the campaign with the help of Necurs Botnet- one of the largest spam generators used by state-funded hackers.
The group is believed to have launched a latest cyber attack campaigns in Aug’18 with victims being targeted by Dridex banking Trojan, Locky ransomware and Jaff ransomware.
In another news related to Ransomware attacks, a prolific hacking group named TA505 which is believed to spread ransomware in the past is now back with a new remote access trojan (RAT) campaign which creates a backdoor to PCs to steal data like sensitive info and banking credentials. Coming to the ransom demand, it is believed that on an average ransom request is $4,650 which does not include downtime costs which are 10 times as costly to SMBs.
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