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In this article, you will find excerpts from various reports that offer stats and insights about the current cybercrime landscape. Behavioral patterns of ransomware groups are changing GuidePoint Security | GRIT Q1 2024 Ransomware Report | Ap… Continue reading Cybercrime stats you can’t ignore
Average ransom payment has increased 500% in the last year, according to Sophos. Organizations that paid the ransom reported an average payment of $2 million, up from $400,000 in 2023. However, ransoms are just one part of the cost. Excluding ransoms, … Continue reading Ransom recovery costs reach $2.73 million
In this Help Net Security video, we take you inside GISEC Global, which is taking place from April 23 to April 25, 2024, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The video features the following vendors: Sophos, Waterfall Security Solutions, UAE Cyber Security… Continue reading GISEC Global 2024 video walkthrough
More organizations hit by ransomware gangs are starting to realize that it doesn’t pay to pay up: “In Q1 2024, the proportion of victims that chose to pay touched a new record low of 28%,” ransomware incident response firm Coveware ha… Continue reading Ransomware in Q1 2024: Frequency, size of payments trending downwards, SMBs beware!
Since June 2023, Sophos X-Ops has discovered 19 junk gun ransomware variants — cheap, independently produced, and crudely constructed — on the dark web. The developers of these junk gun variants are attempting to disrupt the traditional affiliate-based… Continue reading Cheap ransomware for sale on dark web marketplaces is changing the way hackers operate
Research has found that criminals can demand higher ransom when they compromise an organisation’s backup data in a ransomware attack. Discover advice from security experts on how to properly protect your backup. Continue reading Sophos Study: 94% of Ransomware Victims Have Their Backups Targeted By Attackers
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Storing a backup of your data is a wise decision, but have you considered keeping a backup of your backup?
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sophos Reveals Ransomware Attacks Are Now Targeting Backups
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Burnout and fatigue among cyber professionals are leading to flow-on consequences like more data breaches, employee apathy to cyber duties and turnover of cyber workforces during a skills crisis. Continue reading Sophos: Cyber Security Professional Burnout Is Widespread, Creating Risk for APAC Organisations
In 2023, 50% of malware detections for SMBs were keyloggers, spyware and stealers, malware that attackers use to steal data and credentials, according to Sophos. Attackers subsequently use this stolen information to gain unauthorized remote access, ext… Continue reading Keyloggers, spyware, and stealers dominate SMB malware detections
The recently patched vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-1709, CVE-2024-1708) in ConnectWise ScreenConnect software are being exploited by numerous attackers to deliver a variety of malicious payloads. About ConnectWise ScreenConnect ConnectWise ScreenConnect is… Continue reading ScreenConnect flaws exploited to deliver all kinds of malware (CVE-2024-1709, CVE-2024-1708)