Webroot

JULY 8, 2021

Cybersecurity analysts are charting both a rise in ransomware incidents and in amounts cybercriminals are demanding from businesses to restore their data. Our latest threat report found the average ransomware payment peaked in September 2020 at more than $230 thousand. Lost productivity.

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SC Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

The researchers said a single successful phishing or mobile ransomware attack can give attackers access to data across a company’s entire back-end infrastructure. As part of the blog, Lookout also linked to its Financial Services Threat Report , which was authored by Schless.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 4, 2020

2020 has been a tumultuous and unpredictable year, where we restructured our lives and redefined how we work and interact with each other. Although 2020 has undoubtedly been a year of trials and tribulations, I wanted to share some of McAfee’s top highlights. Ahead of the 2020 U.S. Threat Actor Evolution During the Pandemic.

Cyber threats 94

Cyber threats InfoSec Big data Architecture 94

Identity IQ

AUGUST 10, 2021

Cloudstar, one of the title industry’s primary cloud providers, remains compromised after a recent ransomware attack disrupted its services. The Victim of a Ransomware Attack. In July, Cloudstar discovered it was the victim of a highly sophisticated ransomware attack. The Rise in Ransomware Attacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

The US FBI warns that the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 52 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors. “RagnarLocker ransomware actors work as part of a ransomware family, frequently changing obfuscation techniques to avoid detection and prevention.”

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Ransomware Financial Services Passwords VPN 105

Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2021

The CrowdStrike 2021 Global Threat Report called 2020 one of the most active years in recent memory for those tasked with stopping breaches and protecting organizations against cyberattacks, provided details on trends that emerged throughout the year and called on security teams to become more versatile, proactive and productive to step out in front (..)

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Cybersecurity Threat Reports Security Awareness Ransomware 140

Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

2020 was a year of immense change. There was the infrastructure ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, which caused the company to cease operations for days. Also the attack on JBS USA , which fell victim to ransomware and threatened U.S. Is the threat landscape more of the same? food supplies.

Ransomware 126

Ransomware Backups Threat Reports Small Business 126

Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. WHO IS MEGATRAFFER? . Intel 471 finds that Himba was an active affiliate program until around May 2019, when it stopping paying its associates. Fitis’s Himba affiliate program, circa February 2014.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

Please give me your vote for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. Are Maze operators behind the attack on the IT services giant Cognizant? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

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Ransomware 110

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Cybersecurity professionals are not standing still for these threats and try to address them properly. In some sense, 2020 was special—the coronavirus pandemic and the global shift to remote working became significant factors affecting the cybersecurity landscape. A new ransomware attack occurs, approximately, every 11 seconds.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

According to Interpol's Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment report , critical infrastructure is highly targeted by ransomware gangs that are after what is called the Big Game Hunting. In August 2021, a ransomware attack on Scripps Health in California resulted in over $113 million in losses. Healthcare sector.

Healthcare 126

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

New research from Lookout reveals the most common mobile threats aimed at federal, state, and local government agencies and their employees—all of which have increased since 2021. One in eight government employees were exposed to phishing threats. You can view the full report here.

Mobile 115

Mobile Government Phishing Risk 115

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The CrowdStrike 2021 Global Threat Report also confirmed that the Kim Jong Un nation is planning to close its border ties with China as a precautionary measure to curb the spread on COVID-19 from Chinese border migration.

Cyber Attacks 104

Cyber Attacks Healthcare Cryptocurrency Threat Reports 104

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The H1 2021 ICS threat report at a glance. higher than that for H2 2020. The percentage of computers where this type of threats was blocked has grown since 2020. Ransomware was blocked on 0.40% of ICS computers (-0.1 and ransomware (+0.3 Percentage of ICS computers attacked. percentage points (p.p.)

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Spyware Media Internet Internet 135

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware divya Thu, 02/16/2023 - 06:10 Ransomware perpetrators are adopting more sophisticated attack techniques with much success. Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups.

Ransomware 71

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

2020 may have been the year of establishing remote connectivity and addressing the cybersecurity skills gap, but 2021 presented security experts, government officials and businesses with a series of unpresented challenges. Threats abound in 2021. Ransomware.

Cybercrime 116

Cybercrime Ransomware Phishing Cryptocurrency 116

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2020

gun exchange site on hacking forum Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 Emotet malware employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign PoC exploit code for two Apache Struts 2 flaws available online XCSSET Mac spyware spreads via Xcode Projects. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2020

I’m preparing the slides for my next speech and I decided to create this post while searching for interesting cybercrime statistics in 2020. The cost of ransomware attacks accounts for 21 percent of the overall expenses, while the cost of malicious insider accounts for 15 percent. 6 million annually for organizations.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

share in 2020 to the second most common in 2021 with 12.2%. Emotet (9.3%), described by Europol as “the world’s most dangerous malware”, underwent a drop of five percentage points between 2020 and 2021.This The mass change in cybercriminals’ objectives and methods seen in 2020 continued in 2021.

Banking 140

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Malware 140

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While we can all rejoice that 2020 is over, cybersecurity experts agree we haven’t seen the last of the pandemic-related rise in cyberattacks. Recent trends in ransomware back up these insights. Thought to be pioneered by the Maze ransomware group , a new tactic emerged in 2020 in which ransomware authors changed their business model.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. Read on for more details on these threats or jump down to see the linked vendor reports. globally, +19.8%

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Webroot

MARCH 31, 2021

In the past six weeks we have had two clients hit with ransomware. Backups saved us from a ransomware attack. “I was able to use a backup to restore all my client’s data after a ransomware attack. Sources: 1 SonicWall Capture Labs 2 VMware/Carbon Black Global Threat Report June 2020 3 Webroot RTAP.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

Whether you prioritize cybersecurity or not, cybercriminals will always prioritize (their own) profit, as the attacks described in our 2021 Threat Report prove. billion in 2020.”. Some of the main drivers of this accelerated growth include: •Advanced threats and risk tolerance. Tipping the scale favorably.

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Marketing Digital transformation Technology Cybersecurity 247

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

From supply chain breaches to ransomware organizations continue to struggle with how to avoid becoming an eventual statistic of being attacked. Ransomware. Ransomware, as projected would continue to be a leading way for bad actors to leverage control and data to monetize hacking organizations.

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Phishing Mobile Ransomware Technology 134

Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

We’ll look at DNS queries to domains that fall into certain categories of malicious activity, and in some cases specific threats, between January and December of 2020. While performing this analysis we looked at a wide variety of threat trends. 51 percent of organizations encountered ransomware-related activity.

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DNS Phishing Ransomware Internet 144

Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Back in 2020, these protections looked like the cybersecurity functions provided by firewalls, security awareness training, and cybersecurity audits. We call this insider threat and it can be devastating to organizations from any industry. So you’ll start building large walls, or even digging a moat, to protect it all.

Risk 96

Risk Cybersecurity Firewall Security Awareness 96

Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

Prisma Clouds’ 2021 Cloud Threat Report and Verizon’s 2021 DBIR Report show how companies have needed to adapt and expand cloud workloads and how this has affected their cybersecurity. This led to the cloud workloads of organizations growing by 20% from December 2019 to June 2020.

Passwords 98

Passwords Authentication Phishing Threat Reports 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

With that in mind, Thales has launched the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition, which includes responses from 300 security leaders and practitioners within critical infrastructure organizations. From the ransomware attack that compromised a major U.S. The Threat of Ransomware.

Cyber threats 71

Cyber threats Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT 71

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On July 7, CISA issued an alert, “ North Korean State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Use Maui Ransomware To Target the Healthcare and Public Health Sector “, based on a Stairwell report about Maui ransomware. You can read our public report on Andariel’s use of DTrack and Maui here. The most remarkable findings.

Malware 145

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Healthcare Organizations Need to Adapt Their Data Protection Policies to the New Threat Environment. Tue, 11/17/2020 - 06:44. While the pandemic accelerated their digital transformation initiatives, it also expanded their threat surface and opened up opportunities for cybercriminals. ransomware). Encryption. Healthcare.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Digital transformation Encryption Data breaches 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

Back up is also important as a countermeasure to attacks such as ransomware. Thales recently released the 2020 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition that outlines many of the security challenges organizations face today.

Encryption 106

Encryption Data breaches Risk Authentication 106

McAfee

JANUARY 15, 2020

During a time when ransomware continues to bring governments around the world to a halt , one city has turned the tables, by bringing their government to a halt pre-emptively to prevent ransomware. Emotet infection is a precursor to Ryuk ransomware, so I think they dodged the proverbial bullet.”. An Ounce of Prevention ….

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Malware Education Social Engineering 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 21, 2022

However, it wasn’t until the invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield in 2020 by the Schrems II ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union , that Digital Sovereignty became an urgent topic of discussion at major enterprises as well as within the public sector. But in the cloud, this is easier said than done.

Software 71

Software Government Risk Threat Reports 71

Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

We’ll look at DNS queries to domains that fall into certain categories of malicious activity, and in some cases specific threats, between January and December of 2020. While performing this analysis we looked at a wide variety of threat trends. 51 percent of organizations encountered ransomware-related activity.

DNS 87

DNS Phishing Ransomware Internet 87

McAfee

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Uncovering Ransomware Resurgence. As detailed in our August Threat Report , our Advanced Threat Research discovered that new ransomware samples had increased 118% from Q1 to Q2. The most active ransomware families of the quarter appeared to be Dharma (also known as Crysis), GandCrab and Ryuk.

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Ransomware Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Manufacturing 52