Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2022

Third-party security, ransomware , artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized finance (DeFi) are some of the threats you can expect to see more of this year – with the potential for far worse results than we’ve seen in the past. Ransomware and Critical Infrastructure Attacks Get Worse. AI Attacks Lead to Regulation.

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IT Governance

APRIL 24, 2019

The UK is one of the few countries that has seen a year-on-year reduction in ransomware attacks, a new study has found. According to the 2019 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report , ransomware infections in the UK decreased by 59% in the past year, a stark contrast to the 11% increase globally. Ransomware solutions.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers from threat hunting and intelligence firm Group-IB have detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang tracked as OldGremlin. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has detected a successful attack by a ransomware gang, codenamed OldGremlin.

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Rocket Software

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Of all types of cybercrime, ransomware attacks are proving to be the most common and most dangerous attacks, due to their relative ease of execution. If there ever was a time to invest in technology to protect your business against ransomware, it’s now. But these are also the industries that are most at-risk.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

Cyber criminals who specialize in plundering local governments and school districts are in their heyday. Related : How ransomware became a scourge Ransomware attacks and email fraud have spiked to record levels across the U.S. They also studied the employees who handled the transactions.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2020

Florence, AL, government hit by cyber attack (unknown). China launches cyber attacks on government websites and banks following India massacre (unknown). Australian government bombarded by cyber attacks (unknown). Brazilian federal police investigate data leak of government officials (unknown). Ransomware.

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IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

A UK government study found that half of adults said they had received a phishing message in the previous month. Amazon Prime Day is the most active period for phishing attacks, according to an AtlasVPN study. Email phishing accounts for 90% of ransomware attacks. Anatomy of an attack 19. Cost of a phishing attack 27.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2023

” The Belarusian national was initially studying at one of the Białystok universities, then he worked at an organization of parachute training. The attacks aimed at almost any entity in Poland, including government services, private organizations, media outlets. The Russian national was working in the tourism industry.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Unpatched vulnerabilities are at fault in anywhere from a third to more than half of all data breaches, depending on the study, so it’s natural to wonder why organizations don’t do a better job of patch management. Continuous pentesting and ransomware simulations are among Airiam’s many controls. Patching Is Hard.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 26, 2022

Even the most advanced and sophisticated security tools are failing to protect against ransomware and data exfiltration, according to a new report from data encryption vendor Titaniam. Titaniam also highlighted the solutions that can help leaders respond to triple threat ransomware attack trends, data theft, and extortion.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Common types of malware include: Ransomware locks a victim’s data or device and threatens to keep it locked, or leak it publicly, unless the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. According to the IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 , ransomware attacks represented 17 percent of all cyberattacks in 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Other Iranian-based cyberattacks have included hackers targeting Albanian government systems and spear phishing scams. According to a new study, phishing attacks rose 61 percent in 2022, with cryptocurrency fraud increasing 257 percent year-over-year. Malicious ransomware is one of the top-growing cyberattack threats companies face.

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IT Governance

APRIL 18, 2021

According to a UK government survey, 39% of UK businesses came under attack in the first quarter of 2021 , with many incidents causing significant damage. By contrast, an attacker who infects an organisation’s systems with ransomware could cripple them for days or even weeks. And, of course, there is the threat of cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

MARCH 25, 2021

The UK government-backed scheme is designed to help organisations address common weaknesses without having to spend a fortune overhauling their cyber security practices. A 2020 Ponemon Institute study found that data breaches cost organisations almost £3 million, a sum that could soon put them out of business. Find out more.

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IT Governance

JUNE 3, 2020

The Ninth Annual Cost of Cybercrime Study found that the average cost of cyber crime rose from $11.7 This has primarily been through ransomware, which is typically delivered through infected attachments in phishing emails. Ransomware and malicious insiders are the fastest-growing attack methods in terms of cost.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 12, 2019

In the last year, the news media has been full of stories about vicious cyber breaches on municipal governments. From Atlanta to Baltimore to school districts in Louisiana, cyber criminals have launched a wave of ransomware attacks on governments across the country.

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IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

We wouldn’t be surprised if at least some of the incidents involved ransomware, because cyber criminals are increasingly targeting essential services. The VPNoverview study revealed that Lancashire Constabulary recorded the most incidents in 2020 (594). Who are the worst offenders?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Hundreds of small and medium-sized organisations in the healthcare sector are set to receive government funding to boost their cyber security practices. According to a Clearswift study , 67% of UK healthcare organisations experienced a cyber security incident during 2019, and the issue has got worse this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 26, 2022

According to the study, 48% of executive managers said that employees had received no cyber security training in the last two years. Studies have repeatedly shown that the faster an organisation can respond to a breach, the smaller the costs will be. If you’re looking for advice on how to do that, IT Governance is here to help.

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2022

This is a method of learning where individuals test themselves after studying new material. GRC eLearning offers more than a dozen online training courses across a range of topics, including information security , ransomware prevention and social media staff awareness. Incorporate interactive learning. Learn more.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Incident details: An unauthorised third party had access to some university systems between 23–27 August 2023, breaching personal information belonging to students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, contractors, research study participants, and University Health Service and School of Dentistry patients. Breached organisation: Akumin Inc.,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

In 2022, ransomware attacks targeted 105 state or municipal governments or agencies in the US, reads a report published by Emsisoft. Experts pointed out that some incidents will have escaped their attention and so the figures reported in the study could be just the tip of the iceberg. 44 universities and colleges.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2021

Most targeted sectors have been Government/Military (17% of all exploit attempts), followed by Manufacturing (14%), and then Banking (11%). Security experts pointed out that the flaws are actively exploited to deliver web shells, and more recently ransomware such as the DearCry ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2019

The US food giant Mondelez is suing Zurich for $100 Million after the insurance company rejected its claim to restore normal operations following the massive NotPetya ransomware attack. According to the cyber security community, NotPetya is a cyber weapon develped by Russia to hit the Ukrainian government.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

According to the 2024 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index , attackers are increasingly shifting from ransomware to malware that is designed to steal information, which reinforces the importance of leveraging technology and approach that provides holistic view and end-to-end protection across your entire IT estate, including your partners.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Researchers discovered a vulnerability in the code of the Rhysida ransomware that allowed them to develop a decryption tool. Cybersecurity researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) discovered an implementation vulnerability in the source code of the Rhysida ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2022

Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti , one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Damian recently updated our Ransomware Staff Awareness E-learning Course – a 30-minute, non-technical course that’s suitable for all staff. Over Q4 2023, our research found that 25% of all incidents involved ransomware. There really are two key areas: What ransomware is, and the threat it poses.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 16, 2018

According to Ponemon Institute’s 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study , almost half of all data breaches are the result of a malicious or criminal attack, just over a quarter result from human error and a quarter result from a system glitch. External threats: Cyber criminals (including ransomware, malware and phishing attacks).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to one study, 42% of organizations have a limited strategy that applies only to some applications, while 18% have none at all. Authorization Governance Automation. Authorization governance automation creates risk profiles for each machine identity based on real-time context.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on the British Library that has caused a major IT outage. The Rhysida ransomware gang added the British Library to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The Rhysida ransomware operators plan to sell the stolen data to a single buyer.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2019

This week, we delve into the government’s FTSE 350 Cyber Governance Health Check report, Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report Volume 24, and Cisco’s latest Data Privacy Benchmark Study. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 7 March 2019. The post Weekly podcast: Reports galore!

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IT Governance

MARCH 9, 2018

Ponemon’s 2017 Cost of Cyber Crime Study revealed alarming figures with regard to the costs of a cyber attack and how much these have risen. Ransomware: £520,000 – 23.1 PwC’s Global State of Information Security Survey 2018 found that “the average total financial cost of incidents [was] £857,000”. million – 16.8

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Someone quickly snapped up two of the free spy tools—code named EternalBlue and DoublePulsar—and whipped up the WannaCry ransomware worm, which spread, in a matter of days, into government, utility and company networks in 150 countries, shutting down systems and demanding extortion payments. So the collective publicly released them.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 23, 2019

This UK government scheme sets out five controls that can protect organisations from the most common types of cyber attack. Malware can wreak havoc by stealing confidential information, damaging files or, in the case of ransomware locking files and preventing access unless you pay a ransom.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 3, 2022

And we’ve already seen early signs that the agriculture sector is “in play” for cybercriminal groups – many with sympathies for the Russian government, if [link] direct links to it. Many ways to (remotely) kill a Deere. “(Deere) basically has remote desktop access to the equipment,” he told Security Ledger.

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