Top 5 Ransomware Attacks to Watch Out for in 2021

Ransomware Attacks Double and Evolve Year-on-year! Security researchers have uncovered that year-on-year ransomware attacks are doubling in number. According to a report from
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UPDATE: Canon Ransomware Attack Results in Leaked Data, Report

The consumer-electronics giant had suffered partial outages across its U.S. website and internal systems reportedly, thanks to the Maze gang. Continue reading UPDATE: Canon Ransomware Attack Results in Leaked Data, Report

Ransomware Characteristics and Attack Chains – What you Need to Know about Recent Campaigns

Ransomware has been around for decades going back all the way to 1989. Since then it has only magnified in scope and complexity. Now at a time when working remotely is becoming more universal and the world is trying to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, r… Continue reading Ransomware Characteristics and Attack Chains – What you Need to Know about Recent Campaigns

Cyber Security Roundup for July 2020

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, June 2020.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a sophisticated nation-state actor is causi… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for July 2020

Ransomware gangs are doing their homework before encrypting corporate data

The lengthy amount of time that criminal hackers are sitting undetected on the networks of U.S. businesses is giving them powerful leverage to extort their victims, according to a Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity official. Going unnoticed on corporate networks allows ransomware gangs to size up their victims and funnel out data before ransom negotiations even begin, said Matt Travis, deputy director of DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “They’re not just going into networks and seizing data,” Travis said Wednesday at IBM’s Think Gov Digital event, produced by FedScoop. “They’re snooping around” for balance sheets and other financial data to “gain intelligence on how much of a ransom they think they can get.” In the last three months, the criminal hackers behind the Maze ransomware have attacked two big IT service providers, one of which is a Fortune 500 company. Other ransomware gangs have hit big corporate targets, and […]

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REvil gang threaten to auction celebrity data from Mariah Carey, Lebron James, MTV and more

The ransomware gang is threatening to auction celebrities’ legal documents stolen from the law firm it paralyzed in May. Continue reading REvil gang threaten to auction celebrity data from Mariah Carey, Lebron James, MTV and more

Stuck Between a Data Breach and a Ransom

2020 will be remembered for a whole host of reasons. Campfire stories will be told to grandchildren of when we all had to wear face masks, stand 2 meters apart and were not allowed to hug or shake hands. For those who hunt cybercriminals and attempt t… Continue reading Stuck Between a Data Breach and a Ransom