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Security Affairs newsletter Round 494 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Fortinet products and Ivanti CSA bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Nation-state actor exploited three Ivanti CSA zero-days Dutch police dismantled dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’ macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations (..)

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HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost

Security Affairs

For those who have cyber insurance against ransomware attacks. Insurance companies require you to keep your insurance information secret, this is to never pay the maximum amount specified in the contract or to pay nothing at all, disrupting negotiations. Very important! reads the ransom note.

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Top Cyber Attacker Techniques, August–October 2024

Digital Shadows

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. The proliferation of these guides enables more individuals to enter the cybercrime arena.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

Enter a world where Cybercrime is now bigger than Drug Crime, globally costing Trillions in damages with new threat actors, new forms of malware, cybercriminals, hackers, cyberespionage by nation states and too many exploitable vulnerabilities to count. He and his tiny team of 3 people, began the world’s first MSSP.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. The Ryuk ransomware family spawned in 2018 from a sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime group. Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus. Update Anti-Ransomware Software. Offline Backups. Description.

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How Not to Pay the Ransom? No Soup For You, Ransomware!

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Intergovernmental organizations, national police departments, and antivirus vendors do their best to have the information corrupted by encryption malware available to its legitimate holders. Successful attacks against high-profile organizations propel this cybercrime model the most. They do it free of charge.

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Report: Ransomware Attacks and the True Cost to Business

Security Boulevard

Ransomware attacks have continued to make headlines, and for good reason: on average, there is a new ransomware attack every 11 seconds, and the losses to organizations from ransomware attacks is projected to reach $20 billion over the course of 2021 following a record increase in losses of more than 225% in 2020.