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£60 million in recovery costs for Norsk Hydro after refusing ransom demand

IT Governance

On 19 March 2019, Norsk Hydro’s systems were infected with the LockerGoga ransomware. TrendMicro’s analysis into the ransomware found that it was the same system administration tool abused by the likes of SOREBRECT and Bad Rabbit. That said, there are a few ways to mitigate the risk. How the incident occurred.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users

KnowBe4

Users can become desensitized to the potential risks bogus messages concerning IT issues carry with them. Grimes Teaches You Phishing Mitigation Phishing attacks have come a long way from the spray-and-pray emails of just a few decades ago. The risk obviously is that this killer app will devolve into social engineering at scale.