Graham Cluley

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn more about the DragonForce ransomware - how it came to prominence, and some of the unusual tactics used by the hackers who extort money from companies with it. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

APRIL 24, 2024

But the ransomware attack also had a more unusual impact. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. The UK's Leicester City Council was thrown into chaos last month when a crippling cyber attack forced it to shut down its IT systems and phone lines.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 31, 2022

The Hive ransomware group has claimed to have stolen 850,000 personally identifiable information (PII) records from the Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC). The company’s statement reads: To read this article in full, please click here The PHC has confirmed “anomalous activity on certain computer systems within its network.”

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Graham Cluley

MAY 10, 2024

Boeing has confirmed that it received a demand for a massive $200 million after a ransomware attack by the notorious LockBit hacking group in October 2023. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A cybercriminal group calling itself BlackSuit has claimed responsibility for a series of ransomware attacks, including breaches at schools in central Georgia. Learn more about the BlackSuit ransomware in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 29, 2024

The world-renowned auction house Christie's has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, seemingly orchestrated by a Russia-linked cybercriminal gang. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Eight Names of Ransomware Actors Revealed, So What? A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A ransomware attack has again put the personal information of innocent parties at risk after it was revealed that a data breach has potentially exposed the medical records of more than three million people. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

APRIL 18, 2024

February's crippling ransomware attack against Change Healthcare, which saw prescription orders delayed across the United States, continues to have serious consequences. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Cyberattacks and data breaches continue to drive the headlines in 2021 – and there are few signs that cyber adversaries are retrenching. Read article > The post Port of Houston Prevents Data Breach: A Success Story Highlighting The Importance of Privileged Access Management (PAM) Controls appeared first on Axio.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 25, 2024

What lessons can other organisations learn from the ransomware attack? Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog. In October 2023, the British Library suffered "one of the worst cyber incidents in British history," as described by Ciaran Martin, ex-CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The US government has warned the healthcare sector that it is now the biggest target of the BlackCat ransomware group. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Ransomware hits firm that providing cloud services to credit unions in order ensure that their business activities could "operate without interruption, even when nothing else seems to be going well." Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

APRIL 4, 2024

New research has found that ransomware remediation costs can explode when backups have been compromised by malicious hackers - with overall recovery costs eight times higher than for those whose backups are not impacted. Read more in my article on th Exponential-e blog.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 27, 2024

The Qilin ransomware group has targeted The Big Issue, a street newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerable. Spost on Qilin's dark web leak site claimed the gang has stolen 550 GB of confidential data from the periodical's parent company. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 14, 2024

Security agencies in the United States have issued a new warning about the Black Basta ransomware group, in the wake of a high-profile attack against the healthcare giant Ascension. Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The LockBit ransomware group has re-emerged, just days after a high-profile law enforcement operation seized control of its infrastructure and disrupted its operations. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint advisory warning organisations about a ransomware-as-a-service operation called "Snatch." Learn more about the threat in my article for the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A huge reward is being offered for information leading to the identification or location of any of the leaders of the LockBit ransomware gang. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 2, 2022

As we head into the unofficial start of summer, it does not appear the criminal groups that run ransomware schemes are planning to take any time to rest. Ransomware was all over the infosec news headlines in the past week, with one new report revealing that its presence has grown more in the last year than in the past several years combined.

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Graham Cluley

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A ransomware attack impacting five hospitals in southwestern Ontario, Canada, has seen hackers gain access to a database containing 5.6 Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. million patient visits, and the social insurance numbers of over 1400 employees.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 11, 2023

Akira is a new family of ransomware, first used in cybercrime attacks in March 2023. Read more about the threat in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. As usual, Lockbit (72) led the charts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A high profile French basketball team has fallen victim to the NoEscape ransomware-as-a-service group, who claim to have stolen 32 GB of data including sensitive personal information about the club's star players. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This article was originally published on Spiceworks. Particularly in a […] The post Preparing for the Holiday Ransomware Storm appeared first on Symmetry Systems. Particularly in a […] The post Preparing for the Holiday Ransomware Storm appeared first on Symmetry Systems. The holiday season is upon us.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. million people.

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Graham Cluley

MAY 17, 2024

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Nissan North America has revealed that extortionists who demanded a ransom after breaking into its external VPN and disrupted systems last year also stole the social security numbers of over 53,000 staff.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 5, 2023

These include the likelihood of a business suffering a ransomware attack in the next 12 months and the dollar impact of an attack, the firm added. Some countries, US states, and enterprises are considerting or have ordered bans on the use of generative AI technology such as ChatGPT on data security, protection, and privacy grounds.

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 23, 2023

A new report from ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, looking at cyberattacks targeting the European transport network over a period of almost two years, has identified that ransomware has become the prominent threat. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Three men have been arrested by Dutch police in connection with ransomware attacks that blackmailed thousands of companies. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Amongst them? An ethical hacker.

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