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GISuser.com What Is a Private Cellular Network? May 21, 2021 By Editor You manage a large organization that sits on expansive floor space, or run a warehouse that covers thousands of square meters. One of your key challenges will be getting your team members to communicate securely and cost-effectively wherever on the premises they may be.  You could give all of them access to the Internet via Wi-Fi, but equipment can be expensive and signal spotty. You could have them use cellular data, but you don’t want to have to deal with the congestion of thousands of users on a public network. There...

A student’s eagerness for free software and the willingness of the European biomolecular research institute he worked at to allow personal computers for network access recently proved to be a terrible combination. According to a study released this week by Sophos, the institute ended up hobbled by the Ryuk ransomware. While the unnamed facility had backups, they were not fully up to date, so the attack cost researchers a week’s worth of vital research data. In addition, all computer and server files had to be rebuilt from the ground up before the institute’s data could be restored.

An organization involved in COVID-19 research lost a week’s worth of critical data after a Ryuk attack which used a stolen password, according to Sophos. Cybersecurity vendor Sophos revealed the case yesterday as a cautionary tale of what can happen when organizations don’t follow security  best practice. The problem was traced back to one of the university students that the European research institute collaborates with as part of its outreach programs. That student obtained what they thought was a 'crack' version of a data visualization tool they needed, except in reality it contained i...

minute read Share this article: The student opted for “free” software packed with a keylogger that grabbed credentials later used by “Totoro” to get into a biomolecular institute.  A European biomolecular research institute involved in COVID-19 research lost a week’s worth of research data, all thanks to a Ryuk ransomware attack traced back to a student trying to save money by buying unlicensed software. Security researchers at Sophos described the attack in a report published on Thursday, after the security firm’s Rapid Response team was called in to mop up the mess...