article thumbnail

Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

The FBI and CISA issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn organizations to remain vigilant against ransomware attacks during weekends or holidays. The FBI and CISA warn organizations to keep high their defenses against ransomware attacks during weekends or holidays. ” reads the advisory published by CISA.

article thumbnail

NHS is still assessing the cost of WannaCry one year later

Security Affairs

health and care “ One year later the massive WannaCry ransomware attack the NHS is still facing problems caused by the infections. The goal is the compliance with the Cyber Essentials Plus standard in June 2021, as recommended in February’s lessons-learned report.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What is the NIS2 Directive and How Does It Affect You?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

For example, although the Thales Data Threat Report 2022 recorded a 44% global increase in the volume and severity of attacks against critical infrastructures, Deloitte demonstrates a staggering 220% growth across the EU Member States between 2020 and 2021. NIS2 Technical and Organisational Measures Focus Area Case Study.

IT 71
article thumbnail

The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

ForAllSecure

Small to Medium Business are, today, the target of APTs and ransomware. MUSIC} VAMOSI: In EP 49, I talked with Huntress, a managed service provider that discovered the ransomware affecting customers of Keysea. And because they were plugged into those clients, they were able to limit the spread of the ransomware.

article thumbnail

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears

KnowBe4

[link] Three-Quarters of Vulnerabilities Used in Ransomware Attacks Were Discovered Before 2020 Despite a lot of focus on phishing and remote access as initial access vectors, new data shows the use of vulnerabilities is not only on the rise, but simply isn't being properly addressed. Many of them were discovered between 2010 and 2019!