Noticias del Sector

The coronavirus has got everybody talking. So it’s hardly surprising that spammers, always ready to tap into current events, have started to jump on the coronavirus bandwagon.

A targeted ransomware attack has succeeded in encrypting the networks of at least two companies in Spain, with the impact extending far wider.

For three weeks now, the computers at Baltimore’s city administration have been held as virtual hostages. They have been infected with ransomware that relies on the “EternalBlue” malware developed by US military intelligence service the NSA. The extortionists are demanding a ransom of 13 bitcoins, which converts into roughly 100,000 dollars and which Baltimore is…