Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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Computers and Electronics 76

Computers and Electronics Backups Cybercrime Marketing 76

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. As part of double extortion attacks, tactics often include the threat of DDoS attacks. Simplistically, suppose the sensitive data is already encrypted.

Ransomware 71

Ransomware Encryption Backups Cyber Insurance 71

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As the threat reports Webroot produces each year have shown — not to mention the increasing number of major hacks in the headlines — threats keep evolving, and their growth is often exponential. Once the criminals have domain credentials, they can disable security and/or tamper with backups. How IT will Prevail in 2021.

Backups 95

Backups Ransomware Encryption Phishing 95

Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud ® Threat Report , we found overall infection rates to be rising fastest in the healthcare, non-profit and arts/entertainment/recreation industries. In fact, the median ransom demand in 2021, according to advanced findings from our upcoming threat report, was $70,000.

Ransomware 106

Ransomware Small Business Backups Threat Reports 106

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

WordPress sites using the Ultimate Member plugin are under attack LockBit gang demands a $70 million ransom to the semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT enhanced its POWERSTAR Backdoor miniOrange’s WordPress Social Login and Register plugin (..)

Cybercrime 81

Cybercrime Hacking Ransomware Malware 81

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 2, 2023

Single Pane of Glass, Single Vendor According to the Thales 2023 Data Threat Report , 93% of organizations use four or more key management solutions (includes enterprise key manager vendors and cloud provider key managers). CipherTrust Manager as well as Luna Network HSM can be used as a key source.

Encryption 62

Encryption Digital transformation Cybercrime Government 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 16, 2018

They may be running critical applications in one cloud and using a different vendor for backup and restore in another. According to our Global Data Threat Report , 45 percent of respondents will store sensitive data in SaaS environments this year, including cloud storage.

Encryption 91

Encryption Big data Backups Threat Reports 91

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

McAfee researchers addressed the shift in ransomware strategy this week in their McAfee Threats Report: June 2021. They will steal data from their victims before encrypting it and threaten to publish the stolen data on the “leak sites” and then alert the media about the attack. T1486 – Data Encrypted for Impact.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Backups Encryption Malware 124

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” ” reads the advisory published by CISA.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Risk Encryption Passwords 98

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

Bad actors have been exploiting VMs in recent years as a way of running under the radar, making it more difficult to detect their malware while it encrypts the data they intend to hold for ransom. Enterprises continue to adopt VMs to make device management, resource use and data backup easier and more efficient.

Ransomware 117

Ransomware Backups Digital transformation Encryption 117

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This file acts as downloader in the infection chain, using a series of hard-coded server addresses, It heavily rely on obfuscation and encryption to avoid the antimalware detection. Shade encrypts all the user files using an AES encryption scheme. Background of the infected machine, after encryption phase.

Ransomware 74

Ransomware Encryption Malware Advertising 74

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. The vendor surveys report that: Cisco: Analyzed that 35% of all attacks in 2023 were ransomware. 54% on-prem infrastructure.

Cybersecurity 119

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 119