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Ransomware Targeting WordPress – An Emerging Threat
Recently, the Wordfence team has seen ransomware being used in attacks targeting WordPress. We are currently tracking a ransomware variant we are calling “EV ransomware.” The following post describes what this ransomware does and how to protect yourself from being hit by this attack. A Quick Introduction to Ransomware Ransomware is malicious software that an …
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NGINX and PHP Malware Used in Petya/Nyetya Ransomware Attack
Author’s note: This is a technical blog post which I’m hoping server administrators and web hosting providers will find helpful.
New WannaCry Ransomware and How to Protect Yourself
This is another Wordfence public service announcement (PSA) that describes new WannaCry ransomware variants that have emerged in the past few hours and describes how to protect yourself against the WannaCry ransomware, also known as the WannaCrypt ransomware.
WordPress-Delivered Ransomware and Hacked Linux Distributions
In a rather unfortunate turn of events earlier this month, the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center was infected with ransomware.
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