Collaborate Disseminate
As ransomware wreaks havoc across the globe and criminal entities continue to fill their coffers with ransom payments, legislators search for a way to stem the tide. The average ransom paid is $136,576, according to Coveware whose analysis also noted … Continue reading Should Disclosure of Ransom Payments be Mandatory?
Most discussions around cybersecurity understandably focus on information technology (IT). Assets like cloud services and data centers are typically what companies spend the most time and effort securing. Recently, though, operational technology (OT) h… Continue reading Why Are Ransomware Attacks Against OT Increasing?
On August 3, 2021, Facebook, showed off its full 800-pound gorilla physique by attempting to crush the work of two New York University (NYU) researchers, Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy and their tool Ad Observer. Facebook said the project was scraping … Continue reading Facebook Vs. NYU and Transparency
The massive exploit of SolarWinds is a prime example of what is called a “supply chain” vulnerability. The vast majority of those impacted by the Russian SolarWinds attack probably had never even heard of the company SolarWinds, and did not realize th… Continue reading Supply Chain Security – Not As Easy As it Looks
Three years ago, a survey conducted by Tripwire during Infosecurity Europe 2018 revealed that almost all of the study’s participants expected the incidence of nation-state cyberattacks to rise in the next 12 months. Many respondents forecast that… Continue reading Cyber Diplomacy: Examining the Nation-State Threat to European Businesses
A Senate committee graded cybersecurity as poor among eight big agency departments. Not much has changed since the last report.
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By now, it’s clear that paying the ransom won’t necessarily help ransomware victims to recover their data. Paying up also doesn’t guarantee that victims will be safe from secondary attacks. According to our ransomware report, 80% of organizations… Continue reading Partners in Crime: How Ransomware Gangs Are Working Together
Some Italian healthcare websites and their backroom systems have been wiped off the internet by malware.
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Estonia’s electronic ID system was hacked last week. Again. A suspect is in custody.
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A new ransomware gang that calls itself BlackMatter has launched itself on the dark web, and is actively attempting to recruit criminal partners and affiliates to attack large organisations in the United States, UK, Canada, and Australia. As experts at… Continue reading BlackMatter rises from the ashes of notorious cybercrime gangs to pose new ransomware threat