Webroot

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The Rise of Ransomware. Ransomware attacks dominate news coverage of the cybersecurity industry. And it’s no wonder – with million-dollar payouts, infrastructure attacks and international manhunts, ransomware makes for exciting headlines. The New Standard of Ransomware. Evolving Threats. Fighting Back.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2022

Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive. The intrusion comes just weeks after Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency in response to a data ransom attack from a different Russian ransomware gang — Conti.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2022

Conti ransomware gang continues to target organizations worldwide despite the massive data leak has shed light on its operations. Researchers from Secureworks state that the Conti ransomware gang, tracked as a Russia-based threat actor Gold Ulrick, continues to operate despite the recent data leak on its internal activities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

As #RansomwareWeek draws to a close here on the (ISC)² blog, we turn our attention to how organizations can defend themselves. The days of ransomware attackers demanding a few hundred dollars for a decryption key are long gone. In March, CNA Financial reportedly paid ransomware attackers $40 million. Ransomware Governance.

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Webroot

APRIL 4, 2022

Skyrocketing ransomware payments will cost more than just your revenue. Exposure to ransomware is just another element you’ve had to consider. Ransomware continues to plague small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Law enforcement agencies are starting to gain headway on ransomware gangs. That’s nearly half.

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Webroot

JANUARY 13, 2021

Maze ransomware, which made our top 10 list for Nastiest Malware of 2020 (not to mention numerous headlines throughout the last year), was officially shut down in November of 2020. In fact, shortly before the shutdown, Maze accounted for an estimated 12% of all successful ransomware attacks. At least,” he amends, “for now.”.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

Six weeks after a ransomware attack, much of the Ireland HSE is still facing care disruptions. The Ireland Health Service Executive (HSE) is continuing to operate under electronic health record (EHR) downtime procedures and experiencing continued care disruptions, after suffering a ransomware attack more than six weeks ago.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

In that spirit, we’ve rounded up five of our most popular blogs from the past year. 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. You can read the full blog and recommendations here. Risk vs reward.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These attacks also tend to be more successful in access and payout in the event of ransom demands, with 74% of attacks ending successfully for hackers. From December 2021 through January the following year, Bernalillo County was slammed by a ransomware attack that targeted government services. Whitworth University compromised.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 2, 2020

Now we must add another type of high stakes negotiation to the list of items organizations should prepare for: negotiating with hackers who are demanding millions of dollars following a ransomware attack. You will see how it resulted in a seven-figure payout to hackers. The University of California vs. Netwalker ransomware operators.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 23, 2021

In our Threat Trends blog series , we attempt to provide insight into the prevalent trends on the threat landscape. For example, those in the financial services industry may see more activity around information stealers; others in manufacturing may be more likely to encounter ransomware. Part 2: Industry trends. Higher Education.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. Ransomware. One of the newer trends we saw in ransomware was that of data extortion.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 12, 2021

Accenture officials are saying they staved off a ransomware attack this week by a cybercriminal ring using the LockBit malware even as the hacker group claimed to have captured data from the massive global IT and business consulting firm and has threatened to release it. Further reading: How Zero Trust Security Can Protect Against Ransomware.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 10, 2022

One such example of a successful nation state initiated DDoS attack used as a retaliatory tactic against a victim’s infrastructure and public services occurred in June 2022 in Lithuania, and is well documented and described by Elizabeth Montalbano in a June 2022 blog post at ThreatPost. Russian espionage group APT28 (a.k.a.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 18, 2021

Over the past year, ransomware attacks are not showing any signs of slowing down, with the average ransom paid to cybercriminals by organizations being triple now. The post The New Record for Ransomware Demands Now at $30 Million appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 27, 2021

As you know, QNAP NAS users from all over the world have suddenly found their files encrypted after the ransomware operation Qlocker exploited some vulnerabilities on their devices. The post Ransomware Gang Made $260,000 By Using The 7zip Utility appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users. What Steps Should MSPs and SMBs Take to Stay Cyber Resilient?

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Heimadal Security

MAY 11, 2021

a global insurance organization based in Paris that also provides investment management and other financial services, has disclosed on Thursday that it will halt cyber insurance policies in France that refund those affected by ransomware attacks for payment made to hackers.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2019

The crooks behind an affiliate program that paid cybercriminals to install the destructive and wildly successful GandCrab ransomware strain announced on May 31, 2019 they were terminating the program after allegedly having earned more than $2 billion in extortion payouts from victims. Image: Malwarebytes.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Payout notices could arrive by mail, email, or as a text message. The description of the one-time payout was copied from the official website of the authority, which did provide the type of compensation. blogging platform that posted a gallery of children’s drawings, encouraging users to vote for their favorites.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2022

Despite the tremendous amount of money these companies have invested in cybersecurity, the reality is that ransomware attacks, enormous data breaches, and the negative impact these criminal activities are causing continue to make headlines. It was later found that the hackers were living in Kia’s system for a long time.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

In this blog we explore how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular can mitigate these risks to get a manageable insurance cover, so they can focus on making their business thrive in today’s uncertain times.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Downtime: The Real Cost Of Ransomware. Ransoms are just one portion of the total cost of a ransomware attack. Modern-day ransomware attacks are vastly different from the malware attacks from the past. Since 2016, more than 4,000 ransomware attacks have happened daily. After they’ve been hit by ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 11, 2022

After Conti Ransomware Group Attacks Costa Rica, U.S. For more than a month, the Central American country has been racked by ransomware attacks that have impacted government agencies including the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Labor. . A $10 million ransom was demanded by the Russian-language Conti ransomware group.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 22, 2018

In 2016, I provided predictions in an article entitled The (Immediate) Future of Ransomware. I indicated ransomware was going to grow and find other vectors for infection outside of simply malware links. Ransomware Is About Numbers. Instead of ransomware going away, ransomware has actually increased by 750% since 2016.

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Herjavec Group

JANUARY 31, 2022

These attacks take advantage of the siloed dynamic between Operational Technology and Information Technology systems and security and are costing victims in lost production, revenue, ransomware payouts, and overall loss of faith in businesses once an incident has occurred. .

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack that caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down 5,550 miles of pipe , stranding countless barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on the Gulf Coast. victim that earns $15 billion in annual revenue. Image: colpipe.com.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The FBI’s takedown of the LockBit ransomware group last week came as LockBit was preparing to release sensitive data stolen from government computer systems in Fulton County, Ga. The accusation is an explosive one because nobody will pay a ransom if they don’t believe the ransomware group will hold up its end of the bargain.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 4, 2021

Israeli media publication Haaretz has reported that more than four Israeli companies and one nonprofit organization have been successfully breached in what seems to be a new wave of ransomware attacks. The ransomware group called N3TW0RM created a data leak site.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Last week, a joint law enforcement action, code-named Operation Cronos , conducted by law enforcement agencies from 11 countries disrupted the LockBit ransomware operation. The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group.

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