Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 29, 2024

New research details the possible effects of ransomware attacks on businesses and staff, society, the economy and national security, highlighting that its impact on mental and physical health is often overlooked.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Nearly one-third of Americans may have been affected by the ransomware attack, which has been attributed to the BlackCat gang.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

” The government alleges the group monetized its illicit access by deploying ransomware and “ cryptojacking ” tools (using compromised systems to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin). “SonarX served as an easily searchable repository for social media data that previously had been obtained by CHENGDU 404.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2021

Is There Ever Too Much Data? As a security practitioner, you know that businesses are fuelled not only by people but by data. Years ago, the phrase “Big Data” was a new, innovative way to gain a business advantage. Now, big data is the norm. This is a new level of ransomware meets blackmail.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The success of cyber attacks in Australia could make an "assume-breach" approach to cyber security inevitable and cause IT teams to shift their focus to protecting data backups at all costs.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2019

Related: How NSA cyber weapon could be used for a $200 billion ransomware caper. He explained how Exabeam has taken some of the same data analytics techniques that banks have long used to staunch credit card fraud and applied them to filtering network data logs. Here are a few takeaways: Very Big Data.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 9, 2023

Get the details about the ransomware group Clop's ultimatum to companies they recently hit with a supply-chain attack. Also, learn cybersecurity mitigation best practices for any organization. The post BBC, British Airways, Boots hit with hackers’ ultimatum after suffering MOVEit supply-chain attack appeared first on TechRepublic.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly a quarter of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware attacks experienced an increase in patient mortality, according to a study from Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint released today. Also read: After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits. Healthcare Cyberattacks Common – And Costly.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2021

One of the world’s ransomware groups appears to be a couple of members short today—and about two million dollars less rich—but nobody is sure which one. Of course what we really want to know is which ransomware group has taken a hit. The video shows police searching a surprisingly clean and tidy apartment.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 9, 2025

With a background in IT and a Master's degree in computer science, Masrani secured an internship and later a full-time position at AWS, focusing on data and network security. The attack disrupted services, delayed payments to authors, and highlighted vulnerabilities in cultural institutions.

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Spinone

JUNE 8, 2018

While the potential of Big Data is vast, it might lag behind as a standalone tool to deal with hackers due to the enormous volume of data to analyze. Big data helps broaden horizons (e.g. to better clarity) to prevent the security breach rather than cleaning up the data leak after it actually happens.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

At the same time, digital transformation has redoubled the complexity of company networks, catapulting us from Big Data to Very Big Data. Consider that 90% of the data that exists in the world was created in two years — 2017 and 2018 — and that our digital universe is on track to swell from 3.2

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

.” Since then the group has expanded its range of activities to include targeting organizations providing cable telecommunications, email, and tech services, and partnering with the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group. ALPHV provides the ransomware, the infrastructure for negotiating ransoms, and a dark web site where stolen data is leaked.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

ransomware gang started leaking the information allegedly stolen from the global high-tech company Thales. Early this month, the French defence and technology group confirmed to be aware that the ransomware group LockBit 3.0 claimed to have stolen some of its data. The Lockbit 3.0

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McAfee

AUGUST 27, 2020

A small district hospital in western Colorado lost access to 5 years’ worth of patient records after ransomware attackers exploited holes in an aging infrastructure to strike. But it was also an increasingly familiar story as ransomware attackers escalate their attacks and go after targets across all sectors of the economy.

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Jane Frankland

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Cyberattacks and data breaches will continue to arise because of credential theft, social engineering (phishing, smishing, vishing etc), vulnerabilities in third party software and supply chain processes, forged or stolen machine identities, and misconfigured cloud computing. Digital transformation.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. While she enjoys tackling topics across the technology space, she’s most passionate about educating readers on cybersecurity and Big Data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These guidelines will help banks recover and restore critical data to facilitate the resumption of critical functions, services, and systems in a timely manner in the event of destructive cyber-attacks, such as ransomware attacks.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 5, 2021

These varied and persistent threats include Business Email Compromise (BEC), ransomware, domain compromise, malware, phishing, spam and account takeovers. As email borne threats continue to increase in volume and complexity, keeping email safe continues to be a top priority for security professionals.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The multiple layers are able to: Protect against ransomware. Prevent data breaches. The combination of machine learning, advanced behavior analytics, big data and human expertise from the ESET R&D centers located around the world ensure that the solution is prepared to take on the newest and most advanced threats.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Using Encryption with Access Controls to Mitigate Malware and Ransomware Damage. Recently the headlines have been dominated by infected enterprise software that has resulted in malware and hackers gaining access to mission critical infrastructures, taking control of systems, and stealing data. Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:23.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

They must be able to pinpoint how they enhance your infrastructure by leveraging Big Data Analysis, Anomaly Detection, and Threat Analysis. A good MSSP must have a view of your logs, determining what should be gathered first against what can be collected later. Onboarding and operational capacity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2022

2020 was also the year when “ransomware” became a household name around the world, especially by the frequent attacks on healthcare facilities and the dire effects on critical care. It is estimated the cost of US healthcare ransomware attacks alone at $21 billion in 2020. But the threat is a lot more insidious.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Here are key takeaways: Security benefits Protect the data itself. Yet in the age of Big Data and digital transformation many organizations still don’t do this very well. Cryptographic splitting is possible today because processing speed, cloud storage and data analytics have steadily advanced to make it so.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

Is There Ever Too Much Data? As a security practitioner, you know that businesses are fuelled not only by people but by data. Years ago, the phrase “Big Data” was a new, innovative way to gain a business advantage. Now, big data is the norm. This is a new level of ransomware meets blackmail.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 18, 2023

Where DLP Started As it was stated so succinctly in Forbes , “Data loss prevention (DLP) has enjoyed a long and hype-filled life since the early 2000s.” Even before data became “big data”, protecting it was something of “big” importance. That’s fair. Then all HTTPS broke loose.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Our growing fixation with leveraging artificial intelligence to extract profits from Big Data – for both constructive and criminal ends—is the order of the day. It can help companies get in a much better position to defend against, or recover from, targeted exploits, such as APT probes , DDoS attacks or ransomware , he says.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 18, 2024

Nearly 10 million devices were infected with data-stealing malware in 2023, with criminals stealing an average of 50.9 credentials per device.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Accenture featured this earning's news on page 2 in a big, bold font. Especially because Accenture was hit with ransomware this year. The section on cyber risk is in bold: "We face legal, reputational and financial risks from any failure to protect client and/ or Accenture data from security incidents or cyberattacks.".

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 16, 2021

Today, organizations are struggling to control their data environments. The amount of data created is forecasted to grow and be spread in a wide diverse ecosystem: the cloud, on premises, in data lakes and big data.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

With the rise in ransomware attacks on government and healthcare organizations, as well as schools, this will continue to be a significant challenge. SecureWorld will explore this problem during multiple sessions at the virtual SecureWorld Great Lakes in September.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2021

He is a recognized expert in cybersecurity and big data. Prior to founding Silverfort, Yaron served as a big data consultant for Cisco, and also worked on big data analytics and machine learning algorithm projects at Microsoft. WHO: Yaron Kassner is CTO and Co-Founder of Silverfort.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Read the technical details about this zero-day MoveIT vulnerability, find out who is at risk, and learn how to detect and protect against this SQL injection attack. The post Zero-day MOVEit Transfer vulnerability exploited in the wild, heavily targeting North America appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 13, 2023

A poll of security software buyers shows 39% of small and medium-sized businesses lost customer data due to cyberattacks. The post Cyberattacks surge to 61% of small and medium-sized businesses, says study appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 15, 2023

A new report from Proofpoint provides global insight into CISOs' challenges, expectations and priorities for 2023. The post Survey: Most CISOs feel their business is at risk for cyberattack appeared first on TechRepublic.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The multiple layers are able to: Protect against ransomware. Prevent data breaches. The combination of machine learning, advanced behavior analytics, big data and human expertise from the ESET R&D centers located around the world ensure that the solution is prepared to take on the newest and most advanced threats.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The integration of MVISION Insights significantly enhances the capabilities of our award winning endpoint security platform by managing the attack surface, preventing ransomware and aiding security teams to easily investigate and respond to advanced attacks. Threat Actor Evolution During the Pandemic.

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