Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Resecurity has uncovered a meaningful link between three major ransomware groups, BianLian, White Rabbit, and Mario Ransomware. Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) unit spotted the BianLian , White Rabbit , and Mario ransomware gangs collaborating in a joint extortion campaign targeting publicly-traded financial services firms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

The latest iteration of this is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the resulting banking crisis, which has presented an opportunity for attackers to spoof highly sensitive communication, for example seeking to intercept legitimate communication instructing recipients to update bank details for payroll.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Having experienced NYDFS's stringency first-hand in regards to regulation for financial services, this comes as no surprise," Krista Arndt , CISO at United Musculoskeletal Partners, wrote in a LinkedIn post on December 5. "I

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), recognized as the world's largest commercial bank, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The incident, which unfolded on November 8, 2023, has sent ripples through the global financial community, emphasizing the escalating cyber threats faced by even the most robust institutions.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Key trends: 1️ Increased Ransomware Activity Targeting Public Companies Ransomware groups are poised to intensify their focus on publicly-traded organizations. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast)

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. Related: It’s all about ‘ attack surface management ‘ However, today’s perpetrator isn’t standing in front of you brandishing a weapon. A typical attack. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2021

Ransomware has become an industry unto itself, crippling organizations around the world. Some attacks, such as the recent ones perpetrated against the Colonial Pipeline , JBS, and Acer, are discovered quickly. Ransomware-As-A-Service (RaaS): A Lucrative Business Model. . Living Off the Land. . Outsourcing Exploits.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Systems at Xchanging, a subsidiary of Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology was hit by ransomware over the weekend. Global IT services and solutions provider DXC Technology disclosed a ransomware attack that infected systems at its Xchanging subsidiary. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Coalition, a cyber insurance company, recently released a report detailing the categories of cyber attacks as well as the cause behind the attacks for the first half of 2020. The number one type of cyber incident so far this year is ransomware. And the most popular attack vector was phishing.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Cybersecurity professionals have long been discussing the role of cryptocurrency in the rise of ransomware attacks. Virtual currency is easy to transfer across country borders, making it the currency of choice for most ransomware gangs. counter-ransomware initiative. Cost of ransomware in the United States.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Cyber attacks continue to grow in sophistication, and ransomware attacks are only the tip of the iceberg. Compromised credentials represent the most usual way attackers penetrate networks. These inefficiencies can open the gate to cyber attacks. That simply is not tolerable, going forward.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

On March 21, the Maze ransomware operators published some of the stolen files on their “leak site,” after the refusal of the research firm of paying the ransom. “On Saturday 14 March 2020, HMR was subjected to a targeted and sophisticated attack by cyber criminals. . “We have no intention of paying.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware types.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident.

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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. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 10:01.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Speakers at last week’s MITRE ResilienCyCon conference had a surprisingly candid message for attendees: You will likely be breached at some point so focus on the controls and response capabilities your organization needs to survive a cyber attack. Also read : Is the Answer to Vulnerabilities Patch Management as a Service?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Some 11,800 computer software companies, 10,000 IT services vendors, 5,500 health care organizations and 3,200 financial services firms continue to maintain on-premises Exchange email servers, according to this report from Enlyft. At the moment, ransomware attacks are front and center. Power source fails.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Hacktivists hacked an Irish water utility and interrupted the water supply 5Ghoul flaws impact hundreds of 5G devices with Qualcomm, MediaTek chips Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack Bypassing major EDRs using Pool Party process injection techniques Founder of Bitzlato exchange has pleaded for unlicensed money transmitting (..)

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Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It’s shouldn’t be surprising to hear that the healthcare industry is suffering from a variety of cyber ailments. Ransomware. Ransomware damage costs will grow 57X from 2015 to 2021, according to a report from Cybersecurity Ventures. During that same time frame, attacks on hospitals are expected to quadruple.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2021

How CIOs Can Protect Data Against Ransomware Attacks in 2022. Here are 4 ways to protect your organization’s most precious asset—data—against the ransomware pandemic. Ransomware has become one of the most dangerous and high-profile problems facing CIOs and CISOs worldwide. Wed, 10/27/2021 - 08:34. Hims Pawar.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A snapshot of the challenges on the horizon for next year and in the full report are: •RaaS will bring hope to more cybercriminals – The growth of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) will catapult large-scale criminal gangs to enterprise status and level up the lower-skilled crime groups. The only thing they won’t do in 2024, is pay taxes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

Financial institutions could “clear” these by matching tokens with the original payment cards in highly secure back-end environments. This design was so secure and successful that it became, and remains, the gold standard of how the financial services industry protects its most sensitive data. What about encryption? We will see.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

tag=Ransomware'>Ransomware</a> <a href='/blog?tag=Cyber-attacks'>Cyber-attacks</a> tag=Cyber-attacks'>Cyber-attacks</a> The pandemic has impacted so many facets of life over the past 18 months. <a href='/blog?tag=Cybersecurity'>Cybersecurity</a>

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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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Joseph Steinberg

AUGUST 5, 2021

First-party insurance, therefore, typically covers the costs of actions needed after a data breach, extortion, ransomware attack, or other hacker malfeasance. First-party insurers may also pay ransomware ransoms, for the costs of notifying customers of a data breach, and for lost business during incident-related downtime.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Cyber attacks and breaches continue to rise with no end in sight. With this increased spending the attacks continue at an exponential rate. According to Check Point by mid-year cyber attacks have risen 42% globally. Ransomware. During 2022 over 65% of organizations expected security budgets to expand.

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DoublePulsar

DECEMBER 3, 2023

What it means — CitrixBleed ransomware group woes grow as over 60 credit unions, hospitals, financial services and more breached in US. This Fedcomp platform was not patched for CitrixBleed, as no Netscaler patches had been applied since May 2023: [link] A ransomware group gained entry to Trellance via Ongoing Operations.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Cyber attacks like the one that crippled Yahoo! s external site were not recently reissued, allowing cyber attackers to have ongoing access to encrypted communications. Download the Venafi as a Service Data Sheet and Try a FREE 30 Day Trial. . After Conti Ransomware Group Attacks Costa Rica, U.S.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 31, 2021

This week, the SEC sanctioned eight firms, including Cetera Financial Group, Cambridge Investment Research and KMS Financial Services, for deficient cybersecurity policies and procedures, which resulted in the exposure of their clients’ personal information.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The attackers exfiltrate sensitive data from the target systems and then published it on the CLOP ransomware gang’s leak site.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Here is how the NSA-developed cyber monster works, and how you should defend against it. EternalBlue is a Windows exploit created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and used in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. These data packets can contain malware such as a trojan, ransomware, or similar dangerous program.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Digital Shadows thinks the next big move will come in some form of cyber warfare: "Malicious cyber-action coming from Russia is likely to precede any further invasion. NotPetya, notorious for its global spread in 2017, immediately springs to mind.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 17, 2023

A thorough process should include industry-specific evaluations such as the use and protection of an OT network in manufacturing or the volume of regulated records (PII, PHI or other) processed by the organizations in sectors such as healthcare or financial services.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Cyber Express provided more details in an Oct. The same report claimed that there has been an increase in ransomware attacks and a whopping 350% hike in ransom demands on these companies in the past one year. Our findings show that while maritime cyber security has improved, the industry remains an easy target.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

With this, organizations across the globe can benefit from NetApp ONTAP’s robust security capabilities to protect customers’ information on-premises and in remote locations from foreign actors, ransomware attacks or other data loss threats they may face. A cybersecurity program led by the U.S. Additional Resources: About NetApp.

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