On That Dusseldorf Hospital Ransomware Attack and the Resultant Death

Wired has a detailed story about the ransomware attack on a Dusseldorf hospital, the one that resulted in an ambulance being redirected to a more distant hospital and the patient dying. The police wanted to prosecute the ransomware attackers for negligent homicide, but the details were more...

Body Found in Canada Identified as Neo-Nazi Spam King

The body of a man found shot inside a burned out vehicle in Canada three years ago has been identified as that of Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer and neo-Nazi who led a failed anti-government march on Washington, D.C. in 1999, according to news reports. Homicide detectives said they...

Documented Death from a Ransomware Attack

A Dusseldorf woman died when a ransomware attack against a hospital forced her to be taken to a different hospital in another city. I think this is the first documented case of a cyberattack causing a fatality. UK hospitals had to redirect patients during the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack, but...

A Patient Dies After Ransomware Attack Paralyzes German Hospital Systems

German authorities last week disclosed that a ransomware attack on the University Hospital of Düsseldorf UKD caused a failure of IT systems, resulting in the death of a woman who had to be sent to another hospital that was 20 miles away. The incident marks the first recorded casualty as a...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID10266: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 9, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34565 First Published: 2014 June 9 15:39 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID10266 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Homicide Suspect Notice Email Messages on May 9, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 34171 First Published: 2014 May 8 20:43 GMT Last Updated: 2014 May 12 12:30 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a homicide suspect bulletin notice for the recipient. The text in the email...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Homicide Suspect Bulletin Notice Email Messages on April 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33974 First Published: 2014 April 28 19:38 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a homicide suspect bulletin notice for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Malicious Attachment Notification Email Messages on April 4, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33664 First Published: 2014 April 7 14:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claims to contain a malicious attachment for the recipient. The email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Crime Report Notification Email Messages on March 27, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33538 First Published: 2014 March 27 14:52 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a crime report notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient ...