CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 23, 2022

Ragnar Locker Ransomware gang has officially declared that they are responsible for the disruption of servers related to a Greece-based gas operator DESFA. It is worth noting that the cyber attack comes at the point when gas suppliers in Europe are facing fuel supply shortages because of the cut-off of trade ties with Russia over fuel supply.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware types.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In March, a hospital in Barcelona was hit with a ransomware attack. Margaret's Health , a hospital located in Spring Valley, Illinois, announced its closure due to a cyberattack that occurred in 2021. In June, St. The hospital did not pay the ransom, which was the Bitcoin equivalent of around $1 million.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. FatFace CEO Liz Evans released a statement which said “ On 17th January 2021 FatFace identified some suspicious activity within its IT systems. conduct penetration testing.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. Related: It’s all about ‘ attack surface management ‘ However, today’s perpetrator isn’t standing in front of you brandishing a weapon. A typical attack. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A sophisticated cyber attack launched on the visa website of French government has led to a data breach where sensitive info related to applicants such as nationalities, birth dates and passport numbers were exposed to hackers. France-based media channels report that the incident could be a state funded attack.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The Ransomware Scourge. It will take nothing less than our total collective effort to mitigate the ransomware scourge. ” . Think Before You LinkedIn!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 15, 2021

In 2020, ransomware was the most widely-used method of delivering cyber attacks, accounting for 23% of security events handled by the IBM Security X-Force. One attack alone scored profits of more than $123 million for the perpetrators, according to an IBM report. Double Extortion. Manufacturing Targets.

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Anton on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

The famous Mandiant 2023 M-Trends (NOT G-Trends, mind you…) report is out, and here are some of the things that I found to be surprising and NOT surprising :-) Mandiant M-Trends 2023 Detection by Source SURPRISING “Mandiant experts note a decrease in the percentage of global intrusions involving ransomware between 2021 and 2022.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electronics retail giant MediaMarkt was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted store operations in the Netherlands and Germany. It is not possible to collect or return the products due to the cyber attack. Update November 8, 2021. The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Japan -based camera and binocular manufacturer Olympus that is also into the manufacturing of medical devices has revealed in an official statement that its servers were targeted by BlackMatter Ransomware group that could have disrupted the computers systems in network operating in Middle East, Europe and Africa.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

Ransomware attackers, who use myriad methods to get their malware into the systems of businesses large and small in hopes of pulling down millions of dollars, are now going directly to the source. Evolving Ransomware Scene. million ransomware attacks in the first six months of 2021, compared with 121.5

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JUNE 7, 2022

Conti ransomware was the biggest ransomware strain in 2021, bringing in more than $180 million in ransom payments. So who is behind Conti ransomware?” Conti is a Russia-backed ransomware group that has been around since 2018. Conti is a Russia-backed ransomware group that has been around since 2018.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 27, 2022

American Dental Association, shortly known as ADA, was reportedly hit by ransomware attack last week, disrupting its IT services to a certain extent and downing email chat and telephone services. A new ransomware known as the Black Basta has taken the claim of the incident and leaked about 2.8

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The impact of ransomware attacks on businesses is twofold. Not only do businesses have to grapple with the impact of actual attacks, but they also must continue to prepare for the possibility of additional attacks. The Dangers of Ransomware Attacks. By Rajesh Ram, Chief Strategy Officer at Egnyte.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Ransomware continues to dominate the headlines. executives say ransomware currently poses a “major concern” to their organization. One of the top cyber threats currently affecting companies is called ‘phishing’, in which a threat actor poses as a legitimate business colleague but follows up with a ransomware attack.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) security team (the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center or HC3) released a report detailing how Royal ransomware has been used to target the healthcare sector. The consequences of these attacks can be severe.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As we look ahead to 2021, what trends can we expect to emerge and continue when it comes to cyber? Here are my top 5 predictions: Work-From-Anywhere Will Continue to Expose Cyber Gaps . Sophisticated Ransomware . Ransomware, the fastest-growing type of cybercrime, will claim a new victim? every 5 seconds ?by

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 of cyber attacks IBM handled. Phishing attacks made up 40% of all attacks in the sector.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

New cybersecurity research is revealing interesting details about how organizations and ransomware operators interact with each other following a successful attack. Tuma's clients often use Coveware to do so, a company that is essentially a cyber middle-man to negotiate between victims and ransomware operators.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

This exposure of sensitive credential and network access information, especially privileged user accounts, could lead to subsequent cyber attacks against individual users or affiliated organizations.” Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 26, 2023

Since February, the group has launched multiple attacks based on their latest ransomware campaign labeled Buhti. and Babuk are strains of ransomware that encrypt files on a victim’s machine and demand payment in exchange for decrypting the files. Babuk is a ransomware that was first discovered in early 2021.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A ransomware attack on a supply chain may seem impersonal, but what if an attack affected your ability to literally put food on the table? Food and agriculture is one of many critical infrastructure sectors that is increasingly being targeted with ransomware attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target. While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022. They also have a limited budget to spend on effective cyber security measures.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Interpol, the internationally recognized crime prevention agency, has announced an online campaign that will help individuals and companies protect their networks from state funded cyber attack campaigns.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. While this was a big task to take on, I have to admit – I’m leaving 2021 behind feeling encouraged and hopeful for cybersecurity in the New Year. The Rise of Ransomware. Be Prepared for the Worst.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. Taking our cue from the 2021 awareness campaign slogan, ‘Think Before U Click’, the team at BH Consulting shared tips on how to avoid widespread online scams.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

While Ukraine calls for hacker underground to defend against Russia, ransomware gangs make their moves. February 25 – Ukraine: Belarusian APT group UNC1151 targets military personnel with spear phishing. The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian armed forces personnel.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2021

million customers Adobe addresses two critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop Hamburg’s data protection agency (DPA) states that using Zoom violates GDPR Kalay cloud platform flaw exposes millions of IoT devices to hack Fortinet FortiWeb OS Command Injection allows takeover servers remotely 1.9

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2021

Tenable’s Security Response Team says that in the past 2 months over 56 breaches were disclosed by the end of Feb’2021. As per the researchers, most of the healthcare related data breaches happened because of ransomware that accounted for over 54.95 percent of attacks. While RYUK topped the list with over 8.64

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole personal information from its email system. The company confirmed that attackers exfiltrated files containing sensitive information. The experts at the company believe that the attackers attempted wire fraud.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. But worryingly they appear less concerned by cyber risk than a couple of years ago.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Cyber attack or computer glitch? North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the IT supply chain Operations at Iranian gas stations were disrupted today.

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BH Consulting

JULY 14, 2021

Phishing was the number one risk, followed by web-based attacks, general malware, malicious insiders and denial of service incidents. A doctor reveals the human cost of the HSE ransomware attack. MORE Kevin Beaumont’s excellent analysis on why we’re not ready for the ransomware crisis. Links we liked.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

We have seen how these malicious actors leveraged the situation multiple times in the last two years, most recently with a wave of phishing emails based around the new Omicron variant. Maryland cyberattack possibly ransomware? December 5, 2021. Didnt realize a cyber attack was in progress when I tweeted yesterday.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In 2021, on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes commanded a 43 percent global market share as compared to 57 percent for cloud Exchange mailboxes, according to this report from Statista. Business email continues to be both the most widely used business communication tool – and the most wide-open, problematic attack vector.

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