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Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work

Krebs on Security

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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Cybersecurity Management Lessons from Healthcare Woes

eSecurity Planet

This betrays a lack of preparation for disaster recovery and ineffective penetration testing of systems. Exposed Technical Issues & Other Consequences The initial information exposes the critical importance of using MFA to protect remote access systems and testing backup systems for disaster recovery.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Forward outlook Ransomware is a dynamic and increasingly hybrid segment of cybercrime. In the meanwhile, both businesses and individuals should be proactive in terms of their defenses and maintain data backups to minimize the impact of a potential ransomware attack. pharma giant ExecuPharm. What does the future hold? Time will tell.

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Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe

Security Affairs

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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FBI warns of PYSA Ransomware attacks against Education Institutions in US and UK

Security Affairs

Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. Once compromised the target network, attackers attempt to exfiltrate the company’s accounts and passwords database. newversion file extension instead of .

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State of ransomware in 2024

SecureList

As officials discuss counter-ransomware measures and law authorities around the globe link up to combat cybercrime, ransomware operations are becoming increasingly fragmented. Conduct regular penetration tests and vulnerability scanning to identify and address vulnerabilities promptly.

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Securing Your Organization's Digital Media Assets

SecureWorld News

Here are just some of the types of cybercrime that could jeopardize the safety of digital media assets: External attacks : Cybercriminals may attempt to breach company networks or systems to steal sensitive assets through phishing emails, brute force, or DDoS attacks.

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