London’s financial Center Bombarded With Ransomware
Reading Time: < 1 | Published: October 19, 2016 in Industry News
People who work in the City of London, the UK capital’s financial centre, are being targeted by a specific kind of computer attack that holds digital files to ransom. Cybersecurity company Malwarebytes says that the City of London is a hotbed for ransomware attacks compared to the rest of Europe. The company monitored cybersecurity threats for just over a year to see which parts of Europe had the most attacks. It found that the City of London suffered 10,500 ransomware attacks, which is 670% more than the second-biggest target, Manchester.
Share on:
Continue Reading
Free Active Directory Assessment
Get Visibility Into Privilege And Service Account Exposure
For a limited time, Attivo Networks is providing free Active Directory Security Assessments to demonstrate how ADAssessor provides unprecedented and continuous visibility to AD vulnerabilities.
Try Our Endpoint Detection Net (EDN) for Free
FAST AND EASY
Free use offer of our Award-winning security solution to prevent attackers from lateral movement, credential theft, and privilege escalation, fast and easy.
Newsletter Signup
ADSecure 90-Day Free Trial
GET PROTECTION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ACTIVE DIRECTORY
- Hide and deny access to AD objects
- Get alerted on unauthorized queries
- Attack details easily viewable in dashboard
- Your data remains on-premise