Data Breach Today

AUGUST 9, 2022

Victims Often Attacked Simultaneously by Multiple Ransomware Groups Cybercriminals monitor leak sites for newly listed ransomware victims in a bid to try their own hand at dropping encryption malware, says Sophos.

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JULY 6, 2023

Hacktivist-Led DDoS Attacks Also on the Rise, ENISA Says Ransomware continues to be the biggest threat to the European healthcare sector, but the region also is experiencing an uptick in distributed denial-of-service attacks tied to hacktivist groups, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity warned.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit , a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. “I don’t think this is an accident—this is how ransomware groups talk to each other,” Stockley said.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 25, 2022

federal regulators are revamping their approach to oil pipeline cybersecurity by telling operators they have newfound latitude so long as they implement continuous monitoring and test their posture. Pipeline cybersecurity became a priority after a 2021 ransomware attack led to gas shortages.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ransomware is a significant threat to businesses worldwide. Related: How Putin has weaponized ransomware In mid-March 2020, representatives from the cybersecurity website BleepingComputer contacted numerous ransomware gangs to ask if they’d continue targeting hospitals during the unprecedented COVID-19 public health threat.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. There are multiple examples of ransomware groups doing just that after security researchers crowed about finding vulnerabilities in their ransomware code. This is not an idle concern.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Trend Micro: Operators Rebrand "Supplier" Ransomware Before Deployment Researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro have observed the adoption of a new franchise-based business model by ransomware operators that moves away from the traditional ransomware-as-a-service model.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 1, 2022

500,000 Euros Budgeted to Restore Affected Systems, Boost Cybersecurity In the aftermath of the BlackCat ransomware attack on May 24, 2022, that "severely affected" government services in Carinthia, the Austrian state has budgeted 500,000 euros to restore services and boost its cybersecurity and reinstated its passport issuance system, which was affected (..)

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybersecurity vaccines are emerging as a new tool to defend against threats like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity firms have released “vaccines” in recent days to protect against the widely used STOP ransomware strain and the new Apache Log4Shell vulnerability.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 27, 2021

Security Directive Issued Following Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack The Department of Homeland Security has issued a cybersecurity directive that requires the operators of oil and gas pipelines to report ransomware attacks and other security incidents to the government and take other security steps.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

Increased collaboration between the public and private sectors hasn't slowed the increased frequency and ease of ransomware intrusions, but efforts to change the financial incentives of ransomware are having "a pretty good effect," says Marc Rogers, vice president of cybersecurity strategy at Okta.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 13, 2021

says it plans to turn the country into a global leader in cybersecurity, in partnership with the U.S, to counter threats ranging from ransomware to critical infrastructure attacks, according to a report by U.K. Joint Effort with US to Maintain a Black List of Hackers Among Plan proposals The U.K. newspaper the Telegraph.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 1, 2022

Known Unknowns Include Count of Victims and Ransoms Paid, Criminal Profits and More How many organizations fall victim to a ransomware outbreak? A new study from the EU's cybersecurity agency ENISA offers answers, but carries major caveats due to rampant underreporting of such attacks. How many victims pay a ransom?

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Data Breach Today

JULY 11, 2022

Island Hopes to Diminish Spate of Ransomware and Phishing Incidents The government of Puerto Rico announced an investment of $7.6 million toward strengthening cybersecurity on the island. The island has undergone a string a embarrassing cybersecurity incidents, including a phishing incident that stole $2.6

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 21, 2023

European Cybersecurity Agency Warns That Digital Extortion Is Coming for OT Europe's cybersecurity agency predicts hackers will take advantage of the growing overlap between information and operational technologies in the transport sector and disrupt OT processes in a targeted attack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group successfully extorted roughly $91 million from approximately 1,700 U.S. According to a joint advisory published by cybersecurity agencies, the LockBit ransomware group has successfully extorted roughly $91 million in about 1,700 attacks against U.S. organizations since 2020. organizations since 2020.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 18, 2021

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the Avaddon ransomware gang's retirement and the crackdown on the Clop ransomware gang in Ukraine. Also featured: Bitcoin as ally in the ransomware battle; strengthening U.S. cybersecurity defenses.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 29, 2022

Errol Weiss Says Industry Lacks Resources to Improve Cybersecurity The healthcare industry continues to be targeted by ransomware gangs, but there are efforts underway to help improve the health sector's information security resiliency. Errol Weiss of Health-ISAC says the industry as a whole lacks resources.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 15, 2022

Ifigeneia Lella of ENISA Calls Out Major Gaps in Incident Reporting ENISA’s new "Threat Landscape for Ransomware Attacks" report analyzes 623 ransomware incidents in the EU, U.K. from 2021 to 2022.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Also: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Cybersecurity Four ISMG editors discuss important cybersecurity issues, including law enforcement authorities' disruption of ransomware gang REvil's operations, how to collaborate as an industry to fight the surge in ransomware attacks hitting businesses, and increasing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. (..)

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Data Breach Today

MAY 23, 2022

is setting up a Joint Ransomware Task Force, headed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI, as well as two international initiatives, chaired by the Department of Justice, to tackle illegal cryptocurrency activities related to ransomware.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 28, 2022

Errol Weiss Says Industry Lacks Resources to Improve Cybersecurity The health care industry continues to be targeted by ransomware gangs, but there are efforts underway to help improve the health sector's information security resiliency. Errol Weiss of Health-ISAC says the industry as a whole lacks resources.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Cybersecurity Specialist John Walker on How Attackers Work Cyber extortion through digital means is nothing new, says U.K.-based based cybersecurity expert John Walker, but the concerning aspect of today's ransomware attacks is that they are "low-cost in the macro sense and so easy to achieve."

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Data Breach Today

MAY 20, 2022

Also: Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare; Cybersecurity Market Slows In the latest update, four ISMG editors discuss the alarming, bizarre case of a cardiologist in Venezuela charged with developing malware and recruiting affiliates, recent ransomware and data leak incidents in healthcare and how the economy is causing mature cybersecurity startups to (..)

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Defenders have made strides in disrupting ransomware, but assessing the effectiveness of countermeasures is tough due to a scarcity of information, says cybersecurity veteran Jen Ellis. "We We know what the tip of the iceberg looks like, but we don't know what percentage of that iceberg we can see."

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cybercrime Gang Wields Phishing Emails and Proficiency for VMware Environments Beware ransomware and data extortion shakedowns that trace to a cybercrime gang called Daixin Team, which is especially targeting the healthcare sector, as well as wielding phishing emails and a proficiency with VMware server environments, warns a new U.S.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

LockBit Takes Credit for the Incident on Its Darknet Website The consultancy Accenture, which offers cybersecurity services, confirmed Wednesday it had been hit by a cyber incident. The ransomware gang LockBit took credit for the attack.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Bureau Warns Underreporting Remains Rife, Including by Critical Infrastructure Healthcare last year was the most attacked sector within critical infrastructure, David Scott, deputy assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division, told a Scottish cybersecurity conference.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Advisory Urges Multifactor Authentication, Network Segmentation, Patching and More The pace of Conti ransomware attacks has been increasing, with more than 400 organizations globally having fallen victim, warns a joint cybersecurity advisory from the U.S.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 2, 2021

1 cyber risk is not nation-state attackers but ransomware-wielding criminals. Also featured: Western Digital IoT flaws; an FBI agent tracks cybersecurity trends. This edition of the ISMG Security Report features a discussion about why the head of Britain's National Cyber Security Center says the No.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 1, 2021

World's Largest Meat Supplier Says Servers Hit in North America and Australia The world's largest meat supplier, JBS, says an "organized cybersecurity attack" has led it to shut down servers in North America and Australia. The company has yet to disclose if the attack involved ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which is investigating the alleged security breach. Today the LockBit ransomware gang has added the cybersecurity firm Mandiant to the list of victims published on its darkweb leak site. ransomware to evade sanctions. Pierluigi Paganini.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Growing cybersecurity threats, especially ransomware attacks, and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent rules have made having a cybersecurity-aware Board of Directors (BOD) a critical business requirement.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 8, 2024

As Ransomware Disruption Mounts, More Experts Seek Path to Banning Payments As ransomware groups are causing massive damage and disruption and showing no signs of stopping, cybersecurity policy expert Ciaran Martin said it's time for governments to start asking tough questions and "figure out how to make a ransomware payments ban work."

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Ransomware Remains Biggest Online Threat, Warns NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron Cybersecurity basics are still an overlooked ransomware defense, Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National Cyber Security Center, told the CyberScotland Summit in Scotland. "We We still think that 90% of incidents in the U.K.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 30, 2021

Also: Update on NIST 'Zero Trust' Initiative In the latest weekly update, three editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including the latest ransomware trends, plus an update on NIST's "zero trust" initiative.

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