Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Maze was one of the most notorious and successful ransomware operations of recent years until its apparent "retirement" and handover to Egregor in November 2020. Some rivals have suggested both groups have ties to the Russian government. Supposed Rivals Said Maze Gang Had Moscow Backing - But Was That Just Sour Grapes?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This week, we discuss the new mechanism for transferring EU residents’ personal data to the US, the first GDPR Data Protection Seal, a new ransomware attack targeting Ukraine and its allies, and the first layer in a defence-in-depth approach to cyber security: detection.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 16, 2024

Stop Ransomware in its Tracks With CipherTrust Transparent Encryption Ransomware Protection madhav Wed, 04/17/2024 - 05:22 Our last blog Ransomware Attacks: The Constant and Evolving Cybersecurity Threat described the ever dangerous and evolving cybersecurity threat of ransomware. CTE-RWP is behavior-based.

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Krebs on Security

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. First surfacing in September 2019, the gang is estimated to have made hundreds of millions of U.S. Ivan Gennadievich Kondratyev , a.k.a.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors. Data belonging to current and former Government of Canada employees, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel have been also exposed. Both contractors suffered a security breach in October.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

Pity the overworked ransomware gang - say, LockBit - that just "discovered" one of its affiliates hit Britain's postal service. But until Western governments find a way to truly disrupt the ransomware business model, operators remain free to keep spouting half-truths and lies at victims' expense.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 18, 2022

This week, we discuss a ransomware attack on an NHS digital services provider and a huge increase in cyber attacks as a result of the war in Ukraine, and provide an overview of the main reforms to UK data protection law proposed by the Digital Protection and Information Bill.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This week, we discuss two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Apple devices, the further effects of a ransomware attack on an NHS digital services provider and a large-scale phishing campaign affecting users of secure services such as Okta, Authy and Signal.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 13, 2023

This week, we discuss a series of ransomware attacks on 30 schools and colleges in the UK, legal action against both Meta and the Irish Data Protection Commission following last year’s massive Facebook GDPR fine, and the third stage of a cyber-defence-in-depth strategy: management.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2022

Cyber Research Labs reported a rise in ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022, small states are more exposed to these attacks. The experts warn of ransomware attacks against government organizations. They observed a total of 48 government organizations from 21 countries that were hit by 13 ransomware attacks in 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2022

From financial institutions to meat producers, it seems every industry has been impacted by ransomware in the past year — maybe even the past week. Related: Tech solutions alone can’t stop ransomware. Put simply, ransomware attacks are on the rise because of profits. Why the stark increase? Why the stark increase?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2023

A Russian man identified by KrebsOnSecurity in January 2022 as a prolific and vocal member of several top ransomware groups was the subject of two indictments unsealed by the Justice Department today. And on April 26, 2021, Matveev and his Babuk gang allegedly deployed ransomware against the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C.

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IT Governance

JULY 21, 2022

This week, we discuss NCSC and ICO advice to the legal profession, a new phishing campaign that bypasses multifactor authentication, and the huge increase in the number of ransomware and phishing attacks this year. Plus, we talk to Gary Hibberd about his new book, The Art of Cyber Security.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Big Game Hunting Is Out and 'Mid Game Hunting' Is In, Coveware Warns When a business, government agency or other organization hit by ransomware opted to pay a ransom to its attacker in Q3, the average payment was $140,000, reports ransomware incident response firm Coveware.

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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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Data Breach Today

JUNE 14, 2021

2,934 Decryption Keys Released for Free; Emsisoft Rushes Out Full Decoder The prolific Avaddon ransomware-as-a-service operation has announced its closure and released 2,934 decryption keys for free. Has the increased focus by Western governments on combating ransomware been driving this and other operations to exit the fray?

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IT Governance

JUNE 23, 2022

This week, we discuss a cyber attack that’s disrupted Yodel’s deliveries, new tactics from a ransomware gang, the government’s plans for reforming UK data privacy law, and the importance of a defence-in-depth approach to cyber security.

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IT Governance

MARCH 23, 2023

This week, we discuss ransomware attacks on Ferrari and the Dole Food Company, another TikTok ban – this time by the BBC – and vulnerabilities that allow some Android phones to be hacked with only the victim’s phone number. Now available on Spotify , Amazon Music , Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Government Agencies and Private Sector Affected by Attack on IT Sercices Provider A ransomware attack on a New Zealand third party managed IT service provider impacted several government agencies across the country – including the Ministry of Justice and the national health authority.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 2, 2019

Attack Comes After Others That Targeted Counties Albany, New York, is the latest unit of local government hit with ransomware in recent weeks, following similar attacks reported in Georgia and North Carolina that crippled government IT systems and disrupted service for local residents.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

A ransomware attack on a Swedish logistics company Skanlog severely impacted the country’s liquor supply. Skanlog, a critical distributor for Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned retail chain suffered a ransomware attack. Systembolaget has a monopoly on the sale of alcoholic beverages containing more than 3.5%

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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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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Synoptek , a California business that provides cloud hosting and IT management services to more than a thousand customer nationwide, suffered a ransomware attack this week that has disrupted operations for many of its clients, according to sources. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. ” This attacker’s approach may seem fairly amateur, but it would be a mistake to dismiss the threat from West African cybercriminals dabbling in ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

Government agencies revealed that Akira ransomware has breached over 250 entities worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments. Like other ransomware gangs, the group has developed a Linux encryptor to target VMware ESXi servers. It was this first time that the operators adopted this tactic.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

The DarkSide ransomware affiliate program responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline this week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country is running for the hills. The DarkSide message includes passages apparently penned by a leader of the REvil ransomware-as-a-service platform.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Head of NSA, Cyber Command Says US Will Continue to Battle Ransomware for Years Some of the highest-ranking cybersecurity officials in the U.S. government discussed the pervasive threat of ransomware on Tuesday, likening it to a clear issue of national security with the ability to inflict measurable damage on major world powers.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 15, 2023

government. Also, CISA and its global peers crowned LockBit the world's top ransomware threat, North Korean hackers copied a popular South Korean web portal, and an impersonation campaign used SEO techniques to target top brands.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 20, 2022

Rapid7's Jen Ellis Details Cross-Government Response, Impact of Russia-Ukraine War When Colonial Pipeline suffered an outage in May 2021 as a result of an attack by the DarkSide crime syndicate, numerous governments changed their approach to ransomware and began treating it as a national security threat, says Rapid7's Jen Ellis.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the seizure of the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group. The FBI seized the Tor leak site of the AlphV/Blackcat ransomware group and replaced the home page with the announcement of the seizure. the fashion giant Moncler , the Swissport , NCR , and Western Digital. .”

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 1, 2021

Experts Say Ransomware Hasn't Slowed Down Since Colonial Pipeline The White House says on Tuesday it has contacted Russia regarding the ransomware attack against JBS SA, the multinational meat producer. government after Colonial Pipeline, but experts say the ransomware scourge is clearly business as usual.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 10, 2024

Committee Chairs Accuses UK of Favoring an 'Ostrich Strategy' For Ransomware The Conservative government of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it won't champion a reinsurance plan for cyber insurance similar to flood insurance, telling a parliamentary committee it doesn't want to "damage competition."

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The company declined to discuss the exact cause of the disruption, but their response so far is straight out of the playbook for responding to ransomware incidents. Plano, Texas-based Tyler Technologies [ NYSE:TYL ] has some 5,300 employees and brought in revenues of more than $1 billion in 2019.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2023

government announced up to a $10 million bounty for information linking the Clop ransomware gang to a foreign government. The US goverment is offering up to a $10 million bounty for information linking CL0P Ransomware Gang or any other threat actors targeting U.S. critical infrastructure to a foreign government.

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IT Governance

APRIL 20, 2023

This week, we discuss the apparent sale of exfiltrated Capita data by the Black Basta ransomware group, a zero-day Google Chrome vulnerability and the development of a new LockBit ransomware variant targeting macOS, and Alan Calder analyses the new US National Cybersecurity Strategy and explains what all organisations should learn from it.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

The Conti ransomware gang is threatening to ‘overthrow’ the new government of Costa Rica after last month’s attack. Last month, the Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on Costa Rica government infrastructure after that the government refused to pay a ransom.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This week, we discuss a ransomware attack on Rackspace, a Citrix zero-day vulnerability, the forthcoming EU adequacy decision in respect of the EU-U.S The post IT Governance Podcast Episode 14: Rackspace, Citrix and EU-US adequacy decision appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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