ransomware
Qbot – known channel for ransomware – delivered via phishing and Follina exploit
More than a week has passed since Microsoft acknowledged the existence of the “Follina” vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190), after reports of it being exploited in the …
Intruder dwell time jumps 36%
Sophos released the Active Adversary Playbook 2022, detailing attacker behaviors that Sophos’ Rapid Response team saw in the wild in 2021. The findings show a 36% increase in …
Ransomware attacks keeping the educational sector on its toes
Financially motivated cybercriminals are taking advantage of schools’ need for uptime, their scarcity of cybersecurity defense resources, and lack of expertise compared to …
Zero trust segmentation eliminates 5 cyber disasters per year and saves $20+ million annually
Illumio released The Zero Trust Impact Report, a research on market perspectives of zero trust strategies and the business impact of segmentation technology. Conducted by The …
Turning the tables on cyber attackers
Darktrace AI interrupts in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, including ransomware, email phishing, and threats to cloud environments and critical infrastructure. In this Help …
Ransomware attacks setting new records
Zscaler released the findings of its annual ThreatLabz Ransomware Report, which revealed an 80 percent increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year. In 2022, the most …
Ransomware attacks still the #1 threat to businesses and organizations
In 2021, ransomware attacks continued to be one of the most prominent threats targeting businesses and organizations worldwide. High-profile attacks disrupted operations of …
Most organizations do not follow data backup best practices
Apricorn announced new findings from a survey, which revealed that while the majority organizations have data backup plans in place, data for many are at risk. Nearly 400 …
Verizon 2022 DBIR: External attacks and ransomware reign
There has been an alarming rise (13%) in ransomware breaches – a jump greater than the past 5 years combined, Verizon Business has revealed in its 2022 Data Breach …
RansomHouse: Bug bounty hunters gone rogue?
A new cybercrime outfit that calls itself RansomHouse is attempting to carve out a niche of the cyber extortion market for itself by hitting organizations, stealing their …
What does prioritizing cybersecurity at the leadership level entail?
Week after week, month after month, shareholder cyber lawsuits hit the news. Capital One settles for $190 million. A class-action lawsuit was filed against Ultimate Kronos …
Paying the ransom is not a good recovery strategy
Businesses are losing the battle when it comes to defending against ransomware attacks, according to a Veeam report, which found that 72% of organizations had partial or …
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