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FBI and Australia ACSC agencies warn of ongoing Avaddon ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) are warning of an ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaign targeting organizations worldwide in multiple industries, including government, finance, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare.

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Avoslocker ransomware gang targets US critical infrastructure

Security Affairs

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Focus on cyber security awareness and training.

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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18). In addition to backing up sensitive files, organisations can prepare for ransomware attacks by deploying staff awareness training. What else should organisations do?

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Thales Earns 5-Star Rating in 2021 CRN Partner Program Guide

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

CRN, a brand of the Channel Company, publishes its Partner Program Guide every year as a means for solutions providers to learn more about the partner programs operated by some of the industry’s leading technology companies that offer IT products and services including IT manufacturers, software developers, distributors and more. Encryption.

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FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting the food and agriculture sector

Security Affairs

Small farms, large producers, processors and manufacturers, and markets and restaurants are particularly exposed to ransomware attacks. Focus on cyber security awareness and training. Consider adding an email banner to messages coming from outside your organizations. Disable hyperlinks in received emails.

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Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services

eSecurity Planet

Basic cybersecurity defenses still apply: next generation firewalls (NGFW) , endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms, employee cybersecurity training , patching. The focus is on recovering deleted and encrypted files as quickly as possible. Data is recovered remotely or returned on encrypted media. Proven Data.

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These hackers have breached FBI-affiliated websites and leaked data online

Security Affairs

The association promotes federal and law enforcement leadership and training located at the FBI training academy in Quantico, VA. TechCrunch spoke to one of the hackers, who didn’t identify his or her name, through an encrypted chat late Friday. “We Now we are structuring all the data, and soon they will be sold.