Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Current cybersecurity trends show that attackers are now targeting critical infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services, leading to massive disruptions. Expect to see more investments in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as encryption, anonymization, and data masking.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

But the season-four episode “Decrypt” did capture many of the key elements that play into an attack scenario, including incident response, the role of cyber insurance agencies, and the ethics of paying. SC Media asked two cyber experts with health care experience for their own take on which parts of the episode – written by Thomas L.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark. Screenshot example.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Double-extortion attacks, which include data exfiltration in addition to encryption, are rising even faster at 117% year-over-year. Some industries saw particularly high growth of double-extortion attacks, including healthcare (643%), food service (460%), mining (229%), education (225%), media (200%), and manufacturing (190%).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Specializing in seed and Series A opportunities, the San Francisco-based firm has an extensive consumer, enterprise, and healthcare investments portfolio. Insight’s portfolio goes beyond cybersecurity, serving IT verticals in data, fintech, healthcare, and logistics. New Enterprise Associates (NEA). NightDragon.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

In addition to encrypting data and holding it hostage, ransomware attackers also upload valuable data to other systems on the internet. Rather than stealthily copying the data, ransomware attackers may upload the data quickly to a website via FTP using SSH encryption. Attempt access to file and SQL servers with privileged accounts.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 1, 2021

The data that has been stolen or encrypted is essential to operations and without it, even for a short time, the organization could fail. Furthermore, when an organisation has a cyber insurance policy, it might be able to claim the ransom back, which may encourage payment. Payment as a 'solution' in ransomware.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Whether it is synchronized files from on-premises to cloud environments or the risk of encryption of cloud email, ransomware is a real threat to your data. SamSam’s specialty is breaking into networks and encrypting multiple computers across an organization and then demanding a very high-value ransom, totalling in the millions.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

” Over the next few weeks, chats from encrypted Telegram, and other communications were leaked. And so, a lot of times once the encryption occurs, that's really the final stage. They found what they believed to be sensitive data and then they perform the encryption. By no means. Of the of the incident.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

His name is Omar Masri and he's a software engineer and also the founder and CEO of Mamari.io, which helps businesses overcome the cost and complexities of cybersecurity, preventing attacks while meeting compliance and cyber insurance requirements. You got hacked, you’re sort of just paid, your insurance covered it.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Evervault is on a mission to make encrypting sensitive data seamless with its security toolkit for developers. Cowbell Cyber. Ubiq Security.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Regulators who oversee other industries will adopt these requirements for healthcare, financial services, utilities, etc., Cyber Insurers, regulators and customers will expect these controls to be present, regardless of public or private status. and expected controls for those environments will follow.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 11, 2022

TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC Google to delete location data of trips to abortion clinics IconBurst software supply chain attack offers malicious versions of NPM packages Discord Shame channel goes phishing Verified Twitter accounts phished via hate speech warnings Apple Lockdown (..)

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

I am very surprised that the cyber insurance industry has not required zero trust architecture already, but perhaps the $1.4 Encryption needs to be done for the environment, and that means that key management is another very complex process. Networks need to be segmented and authenticated. Supply chains need to be validated.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 25, 2024

Encrypt Sensitive Data: Ensure data protection both in transit and at rest. industries last year at 218, with only the healthcare sector experiencing more attacks, according to FBI data. Maintain a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM): Keep a comprehensive inventory of all software components used in products.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A particularly insidious new trend is the rise of "double extortion" attacks, in which cybercriminals not only encrypt an organization's data but also threaten to publicly release sensitive stolen information if the ransom is not paid. CryptoLocker, in 2013, pioneered the use of strong encryption algorithms. Seek adequate coverage.

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