94% of Cybersecurity leaders believe more budget is required to address this threat, from both the preventive and the impact mitigation perspective.
Learn how CISOs are grappling with the challenges ransomware presents, and use it as a guide to help deliver continuous improvements to protecting your organization.
Greek postal service Hellenic Post says a ransomware incident has forced it to pull a majority of its operations offline. It is working with IT security experts to probe the attack and restore services. Its subsidiary ELTA Courier has taken over nearly all operations to maintain business continuity.
Mimecast’s 2022 State of Email Security findings stress the importance of a cyber resilience strategy, layered defences, cyber awareness training, and the use of AI/ML for protection in the new digital landscape. With the number of publicly reported data breaches soaring past the prior year’s total, 2021 appears...
Yet another ransomware-wielding group of criminals has hit an organization in the health sector. This time, it's cybercrime group RansomEXX, which has been trumpeting an attack against the Scottish Association for Mental Health. The crime gang says it has stolen more than 12GB of data from SAMH.
Identity management company Okta and Microsoft have confirmed breaches by the Lapsus$ group, which has been on a high-profile hacking spree. Okta is facing increasing pressure to more fully describe the impact of its incident, as Okta's identity systems are widely used across enterprises.
The ransomware-as-a-service operation AvosLocker has been amassing "victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States," the FBI warns in a new alert that includes known indicators of compromise and tactics employed the group and essential defenses for all organizations.
The U.S. National Rifle Association States reportedly fell victim to a ransomware attack in October 2021. The NRA did not acknowledge the attack at the time, but a recent FEC filing explaining a financial discrepancy has forced it to confirm the ransomware attack and detail its impact.
How can you detect unknown malware and ransomware? The traditional way of detecting an advanced malware or threat compromise in a Windows environment using an anti-virus or malware product can be difficult. Learn how the Splunk platform can simplify the process and protect your organization against advanced...
Ransomware is no longer just a single act of encryption. It has quickly grown into a multi-level attack. Even if you comply with ransom demands, you can suffer subsequent extortion, from threats to publishing sensitive data to DDoS attacks against your services.
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The toll of a ransomware attack goes far beyond the price of the actual ransom. Ajay Bhatia of Veritas and Jose Thomas of Microsoft share the potential costs and gaps enterprises face when it comes to being able to detect, defend and recover from ransomware attacks.
Researchers have uncovered a full-time initial access broker group that serves both Conti and Diavol ransomware groups. Google's Threat Analysis Group - TAG - observed this financially motivated threat actor, dubbed Exotic Lily, exploiting a zero-day in Microsoft MSHTML tracked as CVE-2021-40444.
Federal authorities are advising healthcare sector entities to take precautions, including enhancing their cybersecurity posture and being prepared to implement four- to six-week business continuity plans, as they continue to face potential cyber incidents related to the Russia-Ukraine war.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at ISMG discuss how Russia's invasion of Ukraine complicates cybercrime ransomware payments, a former U.S. Treasury senior adviser's take on Biden's cryptocurrency executive order, and important points regarding the upcoming identity theft executive order.
The pandemic has raised the ante significantly for the attack surface and the level of insider threats facing healthcare sector entities, according to Dave Bailey, vice president of security services, and attorney Andrew Mahler, vice president of privacy and compliance, of consultancy CynergisTek.
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