Remove data-protection protection-against-double-ransomware
article thumbnail

Costa Rica May Be Pawn in Conti Ransomware Group’s Bid to Rebrand, Evade Sanctions

Krebs on Security

Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive. The intrusion comes just weeks after Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency in response to a data ransom attack from a different Russian ransomware gang — Conti.

article thumbnail

Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2022: 408 Million Breached Records

IT Governance

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. Although that’s a positive development in terms of organisations’ fight against cyber crime and their ability to prevent data breaches, we must remain cautious.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data. While ransomware attacks have been around for decades, their frequency has exponentially increased in the last few years, let alone the past several months during the pandemic. The potency of a ransomware attack lies in its diabolical ingenuity.

article thumbnail

List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2021 – 51.2 million records breached

IT Governance

However, there are plenty of other incidents to dig into, including a raft of ransomware attacks against the education sector. And don’t forget to check out our Q3 2021 data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review , in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists. Ransomware.

article thumbnail

GUEST ESSAY: Remote workforce exposures exacerbate cybersecurity challenges in 2021

The Last Watchdog

Many employees don’t have a wide range of security protections. To minimize the chances of attack, enterprises need to double down on IAM with devices that can effectively monitor user activities, corporate connective behaviors, and resource requests in a bid to streamline sign-in.

article thumbnail

2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. Meanwhile, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) enforcement continues apace.

Security 132
article thumbnail

Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q1 2023

IT Governance

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Elsewhere, we continue to see an increase in publicly reported ransomware attacks.