CyberSecurity Insiders
JUNE 24, 2021
Yesterday, we announced that (ISC)² has granted free access to its "Ransomware: Identify, Protect, Detect, Recover" course through the Professional Development Institute to anyone who is interested in learning more about prevention and remediation. In March, CNA Financial reportedly paid ransomware attackers $40 million.
McAfee
JUNE 17, 2021
Take, for example, the May 7th DarkSide ransomware attack that shut down Colonial Pipeline’s distribution network. Ransomware doesn’t just cost money—or embarrassment—it can derail careers. A CISO from a large enterprise recently stated that the “most significant thing for a CISO to solve is to become confident in the security score.”.
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CyberSecurity Insiders
JULY 19, 2022
million patients have been exposed to a ransomware infection after a Colorado-based debt collection firm serving hundreds of medical facilities and hospitals across America was breached. In the last 18 months, companies have been misled into believing that investing in backup and recovery solutions is the answer to their ransomware woes.
BH Consulting
JANUARY 16, 2024
The year may have changed but ransomware shows no signs of slowing. Symantec discovered a new ransomware strain in the wild, called TISAK. Meanwhile Wired named two ransomware gangs, Alphv and CIOp, among its ‘most dangerous people 2023’ list. its central thesis calls for a ban on ransomware payments.
Cisco Security
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Ransomware returned as the top threat this quarter, after commodity trojans narrowly surpassed ransomware last quarter. Ransomware made up nearly 18 percent of all threats observed, up from 15 percent last quarter. Pre-ransomware comprised 18 percent of threats this quarter, up from less than 5 percent previously.
eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. These members may be led by a director of penetration testing or a senior security consultant and be organized in sub-teams based on the type of testing they are performing.
SC Magazine
APRIL 2, 2021
In the wake of a multitude of ransomware attacks, fallout from the SolarWinds breach and the Oldsmar water supply attack, CISOs are looking for effective methods to reduce risk beyond traditional means such as penetration testing. ecooper99 CreativeCommons Credit: CC BY 2.0. Enter purple teams.
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