In April 2019, malicious actors managed to damage the payment card systems of three Focus Brands subsidiaries with point-of-sale (PoS) malware.

DCH operates the three affected hospitals in Alabama. One cyber-security expert said the groups using ransomware were becoming increasingly well organized.

MSSP Alert, published by After Nines Inc., has named Techcess CyberSecurity Group to the Top 200 MSSPs list for 2019 (http://www.msspalert.com/top200).

FUSD includes 15 schools and more than 9,600 students, canceled classes for 2 days after a ransomware virus was found on multiple servers. Preschools and childcare centers within FUSD were also closed.

Cyber Attacks Are Evolving: We are in the midst of a significant shift in endpoint security. Faith in traditional solutions such as antivirus programs that rely on file scanning and signature matching has declined significantly in the face of new, fileless threats. The majority of organizations are replacing or augmenting these solutions with new security tools designed to stop fileless attacks, though many remain skeptical such attacks can be stopped at all.

FUSD includes 15 schools and more than 9,600 students, canceled classes for 2 days after a ransomware virus was found on multiple servers. Preschools and childcare centers within FUSD were also closed.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation or NERC revealed last week that the U.S. grid suffered an unprecedented cyberattack this spring, though it did cause any blackouts in affected areas in the western United States.