Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Ransomlooker monitors ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide. Cybernews presented Ransomlooker , a tool to monitor ransomware groups’ extortion sites and delivers consolidated feeds of their claims worldwide. ” reads the announcement.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 24, 2023

Emerging AI Tech, Identity Concerns and Latest Threats Are Among the Hot Topics ISMG editors are live at RSA Conference 2023 in San Francisco with an overview of opening-day speakers and hot topics including the emergence of AI, the latest intel on nation-state threats, security product innovation and deals, and ransomware trends.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A number of publications in September warned about the emergence of “ Groove ,” a new ransomware group that called on competing extortion gangs to unite in attacking U.S. 13, Boriselcin posted that “several topics are ripening,” and that he intended to publish an article about duping the media and security firms.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 5, 2019

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an in-depth look at the ever-changing ransomware threat. Other topics: filling the DevSecOps skills gap and the repercussions of Australia's encryption-busting law.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

Ransomware, New Tactics and Geopolitical Threats Among the Key Conference Topics Black Hat 2022 kicks off today with security experts sharing cutting-edge research and insights through demos, technical trainings and hands-on labs.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 5, 2022

The 31st annual conference covered a wide range of topics including cybercrime, cyberwarfare, zero trust, supply chain risk, ransomware, OT security, cyber insurance and jobs. Get the Latest Insights from the Industry's Top Minds - All in One Place Welcome to ISMG's compendium of RSA Conference 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. Starting from September 2022, the note was changed to Royal.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Experts warn of new ESXiArgs ransomware attacks using an upgraded version that makes it harder to recover VMware ESXi virtual machines. Experts spotted a new variant of ESXiArgs ransomware targeting VMware ESXi servers, authors have improved the encryption process, making it much harder to recover the encrypted virtual machines.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2022

QNAP NAS devices are under attack, experts warn of a new Qlocker ransomware campaign that hit devices worldwide. A new wave of Qlocker ransomware it targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, the new campaign started on January 6 and it drops ransom notes named !!!READ_ME.txt READ_ME.txt on infected devices.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) implemented additional measures today to combat the growing ransomware problem. While OFAC has previously designated certain ransomware related individuals, entities, and digital currency addresses to the SDN List (e.g.,

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 18, 2021

Jim Langevin In the latest weekly update, a panel of Information Security Media Group editors discusses key topics, including NATO's new cyber defense policy, the outlook for congressional regulatory action to address the ransomware threat, and cybersecurity comments by U.S. Jim Langevin.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In his remarks on January 28, the Colorado AG outlined his office’s priorities when it comes to drafting these rules, and added additional topics, including: Privacy notices and addressing “dark patterns”; Processes for requests to access and correction; and Auditing and data protection assessments.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2022

QNAP forces its customers to update the firmware of their Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect against the DeadBolt ransomware. QNAP forced the firmware update for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to protect its customers against the DeadBolt ransomware. Source DarkFeed Twitter.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 14, 2022

Ransomware – To Pay, or Not to Pay? And when thinking about criminal innovation, ransomware attacks clearly fall into that definition of “disruptive”, especially for any business on the receiving end of that “innovation”. While ransomware attacks are not new, they remained largely underreported in the mainstream media for many years.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That’s why I’m thrilled to point out that Last Watchdog has been recognized, once again, as a trusted source of information on cybersecurity and privacy topics. The recognition comes from Cyber Security Hub, a website sponsored by IQPC Digital. We’ve been named one of the Top 10 cybersecurity webzines in 2021. krebsonsecurity.com.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 15, 2021

Intel 471 CISO Brandon Hoffman joins us to to discuss Darkside, the ransomware group that attacked the Colonial Pipeline, why the crew may have bitten off more than it can chew and what the attack says about the state of America's Critical Infrastructure. Episode 169: Ransomware comes to the Enterprise with PureLocker.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. The report’s findings reveal that email remains the main method of delivering ransomware, banking Trojans, and backdoors. The revival of ransomware. Financial departments at high risk.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Thanks to the emergence of today’s hybrid and multi-cloud environments and factors like remote work, ransomware attacks continue to permeate each industry. As enterprises continue to fall victim to increasingly complex attacks, there’s one topic that cybersecurity professionals and vendors can agree on: the importance of Zero Trust.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 12, 2023

The moderator, Marco Estrela, does a terrific job highlighting current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. For my part, I’m going to ‘follow the money’ with respect to the strategic use of weaponized ransomware on the part of Vladimir Putin.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 12, 2023

Make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified every time a new IBM Tech Now video is published.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Availability gets a lot of attention these days, usually when the topic of ransomware comes up. Ransomware uses encryption (typically a good thing) to make your business information un-available.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2018

This month marks the one-year anniversary of the WannaCry ransomware attack that seized operating systems across the globe and caused businesses up to $4 billion in damages. The devastation caused by these two aggressive ransomware attacks continue to plague businesses.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

According to Interpol's Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment report , critical infrastructure is highly targeted by ransomware gangs that are after what is called the Big Game Hunting. Critical infrastructure and OT systems are perceived as high-value targets by ransomware groups as well as nation-state actors with geopolitical motives.

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The Texas Record

JULY 29, 2020

Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics, some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. Let us know in the comments below what topics you are interested in learning more about! By Rebecca Hanna, Anne Poulos, and Brady Cox.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 30, 2020

Maryland is currently considering a bill to become only the third state after Michigan and Wyoming, to criminalize the possession and distribution of ransomware. Certainly a motivating factor may have occurred when hackers hit Baltimore, Maryland’s largest city, with a RobbinHood ransomware attack on May 7, 2019. So, what do you think?

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2024

At least once a week, we sit down with an expert from within the Group to get their insights on a technical topic or business area. Vanessa Horton on ransomware trends 20 November 2023 Cyber incident responder Vanessa shares recent ransomware trends, why they’re worrying, and what organisations can do about them in this interview.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 10, 2022

Mostly as 2 completely separate topics, but also a little bit around Cloudflare's ongoing presence in Russia (with a very neutral view on that, TBH). Reduce your ransomware blast radius with the leader in data-first security. Somehow this week ended up being all about Russia and Cloudflare. Sponsored by: Varonis. Try it free!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Multiple ransomware gangs developed their malware to avoid infecting systems in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region (formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991) and instructed the network of their affiliates not to target Russian organizations.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As I say in the vid, blog posts like the VPN one I did this week are often done to help me get my thoughts on a topic straight and a lot of things became a lot clearer for me in doing that. More specifically, a lot of this week's update talks about VPNs and where they still make sense with so much HTTPS all over the place these days.

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Adam Shostack

JUNE 22, 2020

And as I look at the topic map, I note some things. There’s topics for ‘misconfiguration,’ and ‘human error’ but not ‘vulnerability exploitation’ or even the ever-popular ‘hacking’ as a cause of breach. ’ To be clear: I mean no criticism of Cyentia for exposing these things.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ had access its systems Are you using Java 15/16/17 or 18 in production? Patch them now!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 8, 2023

Of those respondents seeing an increase in attacks, 59% report increases in malware, 48% an increase in ransomware, and 43% have seen a rise in phishing attacks. And while 22% of respondents have experienced a ransomware attack, only 49% of enterprises use or have created a formal ransomware plan.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

Ransomware remains a hot topic, so don’t miss ‘Ransomware - Catch’em before they Wreak Havoc!’, PQC Palooza On the same topic of quantum resilience, you can join us for drinks and snacks while enjoying conversation about quantum-safe enterprise-ready solutions. presented by Steven Gautier , Principal Solutions Architect.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

In this scenario, it is quite easy for crooks to use this topic to trick victims into opening weaponized documents or visiting malicious websites. Terms such as ‘Wuhan’ (the city that is considered the epicenter of infection) and ‘ coronavirus’ are trend topics on social networks.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 23, 2018

The Retail Year in Review includes several articles authored by our Global Privacy and Cybersecurity lawyers, and touches on many topics of interest including blockchain, ransomware, cyber insurance and the Internet of Things. Read the full publication.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 2, 2021

The CNIL will therefore continue in 2021 to check the security levels of French websites and in particular, personal data collection forms, use of HTTPS protocol, compliance with its recommendations on passwords and strategies implemented to protect against ransomware. Health data security.

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The Texas Record

APRIL 4, 2018

Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics; some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. Let us know in the comments below what topics you are interested in learning more about!

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