Earlier this year, Spiceworks posted a story about the city of Atlanta spending $2.7M to clean up after a devastating SamSam ransomware attack in March that crippled city networks for weeks. At the time, we knew that affected services included online bill payments and the municipal court system. In a June 6 Atlanta budget meeting, more details about the ransomware incident came to light. It turns out that...

A new report on malware says that the majority of companies globally have been victims of ransomware in the last 12 months. 52% Have Lost Faith in Antivirus and 44% Agree AV Is Dead A new report says that ransomware attacks are the new normal for IT. There are a lot of numbers to chew on in the report, but the sheer enormity of the problem may...