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Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2021
Patch Management and Locking Down Remote Desktop Protocol Remain Essential Defenses Ransomware operations continue to thrive thanks to a vibrant cybercrime-as-a-service ecosystem designed to support all manner of online attacks.
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. “The minute you announce you’ve got a decryptor for some ransomware, they change up the code,” James said.
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Krebs on Security
AUGUST 5, 2021
It’s nice when ransomware gangs have their bitcoin stolen, malware servers shut down, or are otherwise forced to disband. Indeed, some of the most destructive and costly ransomware groups are now in their third incarnation. Another ransomware family tied to Evil Corp.
Dark Reading
JULY 14, 2021
Hit by ransomware? These missteps can take a bad scenario and make it even worse
Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP
Through a detailed analysis of major attacks and their consequences, Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP, will discuss the state of ransomware and future predictions, as well as provide best practices for attack prevention and recovery.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 14, 2022
The latest innovation in ratcheting up the heat comes from the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group, which has traditionally published any stolen victim data on the Dark Web. ” A Little Sunshine Ransomware The Coming Storm ALPHV ransomware BlackCat ransomware Brett Callow Emsisoft
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. “Ransomware has gathered a critical mass of nonsense, b t, hype, and fuss around it.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Cybereason's Sam Curry shares insight from the new study "Organizations at Risk: Ransomware Attackers Don’t Take Holidays Cybereason's Sam Curry on the Financial and Business Impact of After-Hours Strikes Cyberattackers love to strike on weekends and holidays - that's not news.
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. PWC’s timeline of the days leading up to the deployment of Conti ransomware on May 14.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 1, 2022
A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti , an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 11, 2021
The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack that caused Colonial Pipeline to shut down 5,550 miles of pipe , stranding countless barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on the Gulf Coast. The DarkSide ransomware note.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 26, 2023
Agents Infiltrated Hive in July 2022: 'We Hacked the Hackers,' Says DOJ Official The FBI penetrated the network of the Hive ransomware group, which has a history of attacking hospitals.
Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2022
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes why the number of ransomware attacks and the amounts being paid in ransoms are both on the rise.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 23, 2023
As Funding From Ransoms Goes Down, Gangs Embrace Re-Extortion, Researchers Warn Bad news for ransomware groups: Experts find it's getting tougher to earn a crypto-locking payday at the expense of others.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 16, 2023
Norway's DNV Shuts Down IT Servers, Investigates Attack A maker of software used to manage shipping vessel operations says it has shut down its servers after detecting a ransomware attack.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Intel 471’s Michael DeBolt Says Anti-Ransomware Actions Will Take Time What is the future of ransomware, and is it going to continue with the same intensity of the last few years? But ransomware isn’t going away soon
Krebs on Security
APRIL 29, 2021
Some of the world’s top tech firms are backing a new industry task force focused on disrupting cybercriminal ransomware gangs by limiting their ability to get paid, and targeting the individuals and finances of the organized thieves behind these crimes.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Intel 471’s Michael DeBolt Says Anti-Ransomware Actions Will Take Time What is the future of ransomware, and is it going to continue with the same intensity of the last few years? But ransomware isn’t going away soon
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 17, 2022
Incident Is Among Latest Fallout From Attacks on Healthcare Sector Entities A New York-based practice management vendor has notified 28 healthcare entity clients and more than 942,000 of their patients that sensitive information was compromised in a ransomware attack in April.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 28, 2022
In December 2021, researchers discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service named ALPHV (a.k.a. “ BlackCat “), considered to be the first professional cybercrime group to create and use a ransomware strain written in the Rust programming language.
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. ransomware-as-a-service gang actually includes a solicitation for insiders in the desktop wallpaper left behind on systems encrypted with the malware.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
It’s bad enough that many ransomware gangs now have blogs where they publish data stolen from companies that refuse to make an extortion payment. Now, one crime group has started using hacked Facebook accounts to run ads publicly pressuring their ransomware victims into paying up.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses why too few organizations admit to being victims of ransomware attacks, how delayed enterprise subscription start dates forced CrowdStrike to cut sales forecasts, and leveraging threat intelligence to protect critical infrastructure
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Companies Tells US SEC That the Incident Will Affect Revenue Ransomware lies behind the ongoing outage of hosted Exchange services at Rackspace, the company disclosed in a Tuesday update. The company did not disclose any particular ransomware actor.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 23, 2022
Accenture's Robert Boyce Advises Firms to Update Monitoring and Approval Processes Accenture analyzed the top 20 most active ransomware leak sites to see how threat actors are posting sensitive corporate information and making the data easy to search and exploit.
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.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 14, 2022
Accenture's Robert Boyce on Adopting an Effective Communications Plan Accenture's new ransomware report reveals key challenges in executing an effective communications plan.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 14, 2020
NASDAQ:RCM ], one of the nation’s largest medical debt collection companies, has been hit in a ransomware attack. R1 RCM acknowledged taking down its systems in response to a ransomware attack, but otherwise declined to comment for this story. R1 RCM Inc.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Victims Notified of Ransomware Attack Six Months After the Incident A cyberattack on a Canadian teachers’ union gave thieves access to sensitive data of more than 60,000 members The union is yet to disclose the exact number of affected individuals, but stated that both former and current members are impacted.
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.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 11, 2023
Vice Society Claims Credit for Data Leak Affecting Current, Former Employees The Vice Society ransomware group today claimed responsibility for a December 2022 attack on an Australian state fire department that led to a widespread IT outage.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 23, 2023
Aim Is International Cooperation in Fight Against Digital Extortion Australia started operating an international ransomware task force to facilitate information sharing and best practices worldwide.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 22, 2022
The Risks of Operating Legacy Technology with Limited Security Resources While healthcare as an industry is being most targeted by ransomware, health or medical clinics are by far the hardest hit
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Rackspace for Negligence Hosted services company Rackspace is warning customers about the increasing risk of phishing attacks following a ransomware attack causing ongoing outages to its hosted Exchange environment.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 4, 2022
Is a practicing cardiologist living in Venezuela also a ransomware mastermind? The Ransomware Files" podcast looks at the evidence prosecutors claim Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez is a cybercriminal polymath. But Zagala's wife says he is innocent and there's a reason for his predicament.
Krebs on Security
MAY 11, 2020
Diebold Nixdorf , a major provider of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and payment technology to banks and retailers, recently suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted some operations. Ransomware BleepingComputer Diebold Nixdorf Emsisoft Fabian Wosar Lawrence Abrams ProLock ransomware
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
TTEC , [ NASDAQ: TTEC ], a company used by some of the world’s largest brands to help manage customer support and sales online and over the phone, is dealing with disruptions from a network security incident resulting from a ransomware attack, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2022
Midsized Businesses Are the New Frontier for Ransomware Demands Here's unwelcome ransomware news: When a ransomware victim chooses to pay a ransom, the average amount has increased to $228,125, reports ransomware incident response firm Coveware.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Sector Especially Vulnerable Due to Dispersed IT Footprint, Massive Records Storage Ransomware gangs rely on shotgun-style attacks using phishing or stolen remote access credentials to target individuals.
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