Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Disturbing findings from a recent study examining the impact of ransomware attacks on patient care must serve as a wake-up call for the healthcare sector to intensify its preparedness to deal with such incidents, say Larry Ponemon of research firm Ponemon Institute and Ed Gaudet of risk management firm Censinet.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 21, 2023

Now an adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Suzanne Spaulding will keynote at RSA Conference 2023. Her topic: ransomware. CSIS Adviser Suzanne Spaulding on RSA Conference Keynote, National Cyber Strategy She's been assistant general counsel at the CIA and undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 4, 2021

Since Friday afternoon, Mark Loman of Sophos has been immersed in studying the scope and impact of the ransomware attack spread through Kaseya VSA's remote management platform. And he's learned enough about it to say without reservation: This the largest ransomware attack he's seen.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ransomware is a significant threat to businesses worldwide. Related: How Putin has weaponized ransomware In mid-March 2020, representatives from the cybersecurity website BleepingComputer contacted numerous ransomware gangs to ask if they’d continue targeting hospitals during the unprecedented COVID-19 public health threat.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

It’s the news no organization wants to hear―you’ve been the victim of a ransomware attack, and now you’re wondering what to do next. Over 17 percent of all cyberattacks involve ransomware —a type of malware that keeps a victim’s data or device locked unless the victim pays the hacker a ransom.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly a quarter of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware attacks experienced an increase in patient mortality, according to a study from Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint released today. Also read: After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits. Healthcare Cyberattacks Common – And Costly.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2024

The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims the hack of the chipmaker Nexperia and the theft of 1 TB of data from the company. The Dark Angels (Dunghill) ransomware group claims responsibility for hacking chipmaker Nexperia and stealing 1 TB of the company’s data. The chipmaker has 14,000 employees as of 2024.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 14, 2020

Sophos Describes How Model Enables Low-Skilled Hackers to Target Vulnerable Small Businesses A new study from Sophos describes how the Dharma ransomware-as-a-service model offers low-skilled hackers the ability to profit from attacks on unprotected small businesses.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 28, 2020

Because it's inevitable that some attackers will get around defenses, Kettering Health Network added an extra layer of endpoint security to help mitigate the risks posed by ransomware and other cyberthreats, says Michael Berry, director of information security. He describes what's unusual about the approach.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

IBM Security presented today the annual study “Cost of Data Breach,” conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored and analyzed by IBM, which is based on data related to data breaches suffered by over 500 organizations between May 2020 and March 2021. ” reads the study. million during the COVID19 pandemic.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Legislation Would Also Direct US DHS to Study Ransomware, Cryptocurrencies U.S. The bill would also require DHS to create a voluntary website to log ransom payments and task the department with studying ransomware and cryptocurrencies.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2022

Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive. The intrusion comes just weeks after Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency in response to a data ransom attack from a different Russian ransomware gang — Conti.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Dharma/CrySiS, GandCrab and Globelmposter Strains Most Prevalent, Study Finds Ransomware victims who opted to pay for the promise of a decryption key forked over an average of $6,733 in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to ransomware incident response firm Coveware.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 5, 2018

Criminals' Quest for Cryptocurrency Continues If 2017 was the year of ransomware innovation, 2018 is well on its way to being known as the year of cryptocurrency mining malware. Numerous studies have found that the most seen malware attacks today are designed for cryptojacking.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2022

Three stories here last week pored over several years’ worth of internal chat records stolen from the Conti ransomware group, the most profitable ransomware gang in operation today. Study the above systems, code, principles of work. penned a two-part analysis on why smart contracts will make ransomware more profitable.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 25, 2023

A study found that ransomware threats are viewed as having the lowest overall perceived likelihood of attack on the edge.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 18, 2019

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report is an in-depth look at why ransomware remains a pervasive threat and how it's evolving. Also featured: updates on venture capital investments in cybersecurity and a study of vulnerabilities in industrial remotes.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

Nice piece of research : Abstract: Among the many types of malicious codes, ransomware poses a major threat. Ransomware encrypts data and demands a ransom in exchange for decryption. In this paper, we analyzed Hive ransomware, which appeared in June 2021. In this paper, we analyzed Hive ransomware, which appeared in June 2021.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Or the payload might be a data exfiltration routine — or a full-blown ransomware attack. Sophos’ study of adversary activity found that some 47 percent of attacks started with an exploited vulnerability and 73 percent of attacks involved ransomware. Teeming criminal activity.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The top ransomware gangs have become so relentless that it’s not unusual for two or more of them to attack the same company within a few days – or even a few hours. Related: How ‘IABs’ foster ransomware. LockBit went in first and exfiltrated data and passwords, and then used PsExe to distribute their ransomware payload.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Pain of Double Extortion Ransomware divya Thu, 02/16/2023 - 06:10 Ransomware perpetrators are adopting more sophisticated attack techniques with much success. Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

What is the impact of ransomware on organizations? Studies show that human error is the root cause of more than 80% of all cyber breaches, whether malicious or unintended. One employee’s mistake can cost a company millions of dollars. How can just one employee mishap cost a company millions?

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

With the attention given to the threats posed by ransomware, why do organizations still fall victim to these attacks? Max Henderson, the Manager of Incident Response at Pondurance joins us to talk about what companies get wrong in responding to ransomware and other threats. So what should companies worried about ransomware do?

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2022

I’m proud to announce the release of the “ENISA THREAT LANDSCAPE FOR RANSOMWARE ATTACKS” report, Enjoy it! Ransomware has become one of the most dangerous threats for organizations worldwide. Ransomware operations continue to evolve and are becoming more efficient and causing more devastating attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

The first signs of the ransomware attack at data storage vendor Spectra Logic were reports from a number of IT staffers about little things going wrong at the beginning of the day. Screens then started to display a ransom demand, which said files had been encrypted by the NetWalker ransomware virus. The ransom demand was $3.6

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2021

Iran-linked ATP group carried out a ransomware operation through a contracting company based in the country, Flashpoint researchers warn. The state-sponsored ransomware campaign was tracked as “Project Signal” and started between late July 2020 and early September 2020. 18 and 21. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In a year in which ransomware attacks seem to get worse by the day, companies have made surprising progress defending themselves against attacks. Ransomware protection spending (source: Cymulate). Where the greatest optimism comes in is in what tends to happen when a company is hit with ransomware, according to the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

The study is based on a total of 215 publicly reported incidents in the EU and neighboring countries. The first data that emerged from the report is that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector. The rise of the covid-19 pandemic showed us how we critically depend on health systems. .”

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

RedEnergy is a sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware that was employed in attacks targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new Stealer-as-a-Ransomware named RedEnergy used in attacks against energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Universal Health Services (UHS) healthcare providers has reportedly shut down systems at healthcare facilities after a Ryuk ransomware attack. We have no access to anything computer based including old labs, ekg’s, or radiology studies. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Ryuk ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Dark Reading

MAY 12, 2020

Using a known exploit to infect unmaintained systems, the WannaCry ransomware worm remains a study in preventable catastrophes. Yet many companies continue to ignore its lessons.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 28, 2018

Researchers Track the Flow of Ransoms Paid by Cerber, Locky and Other Victims Ransomware isn't an easy area to study.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2021

billion worth of Bitcoin transactions to ransomware. billion worth of Bitcoin transactions likely associated with operations of top 10 most commonly reported ransomware variants. Studying data generated from ransomware-related SARs, the mean average total monthly suspicious amount of ransomware transactions was $66.4

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2021

Department of Justice was to assign investigation on ransomware attacks the same priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack. Department of Justice plans to equate investigations into ransomware attacks with investigations into terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack. ” reported Reuters.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 29, 2018

Researchers Track Cryptocurrency Ransoms Paid by Cerber, Locky and Other Victims Ransomware isn't an easy area to study.

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