Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 20, 2022

H-Hotels, a large hospitality chain with 60 hotels across several countries including Germany and Switzerland has announced it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The incident, which took place on December 11, is allegedly a double whammy of hijacked devices and data theft…if a ransomware group is telling the truth.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Ransomware has now emerged as one of the key reasons to have a DR plan and DR technology in place. But it also requires software to orchestrate data movement, backup and restore technology to ensure a current copy of data is available, and the ability to recover systems and data rapidly. Disaster Recovery and Ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Ransomware attacks increased by yet another 80% between February 2021 and March 2022, based on an analysis of ransomware payloads seen across the Zscaler cloud. Supply chain attacks, ransomware-as-a-service ecosystems, and multi-extortion tactics have all increased the volume and success rates of attacks. PYSA/Mespinoza.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

WestRock was hit by a ransomware attack in January. In a May 5 earnings call for WestRock, Wall Street analysts got a rundown of losses resulting from a ransomware attack that hit the corrugated packaging company in January. And that did not factor in $20 million paid in ransomware recovery costs. We’re a 250-year-old company.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Since the mainstreaming of ransomware payloads and the adoption of cryptocurrencies that facilitate untraceable payments, malicious actors have been innovating new methods and tactics to evade the latest defenses. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. 2022 was no different. Strategies for individuals.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Ransomware is another significant threat, where attackers encrypt an organization's data and demand payment for its release. The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Build a playbook for ransomware response and recovery. Take cyber insurance , for example. Cyber insurance can prevent local governments from having to pay huge out of pocket costs in the event that they’re hit with a cyberattack. Build a playbook for ransomware response and recovery. Partner up!

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Other children had been successfully signed up for an electric company account. They followed the FBI’s advice to not pay the hackers and restored their system from backups they had kept for such an emergency. One parent told ABC13 he received these kinds of messages and more. “I

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Trojans like Emotet and Agent Tesla can infiltrate deep into your organization, silently stealing sensitive information, while ransomware like LockBit can bring your entire business to a sudden, grinding halt. Cybercriminals love RDP and for many years guessing RDP passwords was the number one method of entry for ransomware gangs.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Table of Contents What is ransomware? Ransomware trends Ransomware prevention Ransomware detection Ransomware simulation Ransomware security terms How NetSPI can help What is ransomware? Ransomware adversaries hold the data hostage until a victim pays the ransom. How does ransomware work?

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Ransomware attacks, despite dramatically increasing in frequency this summer , remain opaque for many potential victims. It isn’t anyone’s fault, necessarily, since news articles about ransomware attacks often focus on the attack, the suspected threat actors, the ransomware type, and, well, not much else.

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Cisco Security

JULY 11, 2022

No, Ransomware attacks are not random. From extortion to data breaches, ransomware is always evolving, and is becoming very lucrative with Ransomware-as-a-service kit making it easier to target organizations. 67 individual ransomware attacks on schools and colleges–a 19 percent decrease from 2020 (83) . What happened:

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 11, 2021

No Soup For You, Ransomware! Ransomware campaigns such as WannaCry and Petya attacks made this malware type a top threat to all organizations worldwide. Cyber crooks are getting more sophisticated and IT professionals have tough times struggling to detect and block malicious interventions at early stages.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Like a terrible disease epidemic, ransomware infects and destroys any data in its path. Preventing a ransomware infection is much more desirable than having to recover from one. In this post, we will take a look at ransomware trends, costs, targets, and ransomware prevention software. What do these costs include?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Say you’re an organization that’s been hit with ransomware. At what point do you need to bring in a ransomware negotiator? Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. The same is true with ransomware.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2021

The eight areas are: Application Control Patch Applications Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings User Application Hardening Restrict Administrative Privileges Patch Operating Systems Multi Factor Authentication Daily Backups Each area comes with guidance to improve maturity of the area. Watch this space — there’s more to come!

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Conti is by far the most aggressive and profitable ransomware group in operation today. 12, 2021, in regards to their ransomware negotiations with LeMans Corp.,

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SecureWorld News

MAY 12, 2020

But the group posted on its website this week that negotiations with ransomware middle-man Coveware were a failure and time has run out on that initial ransom demand: "Next.the hottest news, which we associate with GRUBMAN SHIRE MEISELAS & SACKS. We'll have more on the Travelex ransomware attack in a minute.

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