Over 12,000 unsecured MongoDB databases have been deleted over the past three weeks, with only a message left behind asking the owners of the databases to contact the cyber-extortionists to have the ...

Ransomware recently struck some unsecured MongoDB installations and held the data to ransom. Here, we will introduce MongoDB and examine some steps you can take to secure and protect its database.

MongoDB faced its worst-ever public relations challenge earlier this year when a spate of ransomware attacks plagued tens of thousands of Mongo instances. These ransomware attacks were aimed at ...

Three hacking groups are once again targeting MongoDB databases, hijacking 26,000 open servers and asking for a ransom to release the data, according to security researcher Victor Gevers, chairman of ...