Cybersecurity Ransomware Security Defenses VPN 
eSecurity Planet
JANUARY 11, 2024
These devices exist outside of direct corporate management and provide a ransomware gang with unchecked platforms for encrypting data. Ransomware remains just one of many different threats and as security teams eliminate key vectors of attack, adversaries will shift tactics. How does remote encryption work?
eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Akira ransomware vulnerabilities have also surfaced in older Cisco products, and SolarWinds patched some remote code execution flaws in its Access Rights Manager product. Your IT teams should regularly check your vendors’ security bulletins for any vulnerability news or updates. Changing passwords, secrets, and pre-shared keys.
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eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 23, 2021
Ransomware attackers, who use myriad methods to get their malware into the systems of businesses large and small in hopes of pulling down millions of dollars, are now going directly to the source. Evolving Ransomware Scene. The numbers in the report come from cybersecurity vendor SonicWall. million ransom the company would pay.
CyberSecurity Insiders
DECEMBER 27, 2021
As some hackers have developed a malware that uses code signing certificates to avoid detection by security defenses and has the tendency to download payloads onto a compromised system. Interestingly, the malware is found using a code signing certificate from Sectigo, a cybersecurity company that offers digital identity solutions.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Major cybersecurity events in the last week make clear that hackers just keep getting savvier — and security teams need to be vigilant to keep up. Ransomware groups continue to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities. Now ransomware attackers, possibly affiliated with FIN8, are exploiting unpatched Citrix products to launch attacks.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Most companies were unprepared to secure an entirely remote workforce, relying on remote desktop protocol (RDP) and strained VPN infrastructures, leaving workers ripe for attack. Ransomware was particularly successful, with estimates that attacks cost businesses $20 billion worldwide in 2020.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 28, 2023
August 24, 2023 Akira ransomware targeting Cisco, but MFA helps Akira ransomware groups have been exploiting Cisco’s virtual private network ( VPN ) tools. Sophos researchers first flagged this in May, and another researcher later noted that multiple other Cisco VPN instances had been compromised.
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