The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2022

It’s stunning that the ransomware plague persists. Verizon’s Data Breach Incident Report shows a 13 percent spike in 2021, a jump greater than the past years combined; Sophos’ State of Ransomware survey shows victims routinely paying $1 million ransoms. Related: ‘SASE’ blends connectivity and security.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

There is no doubt that ransomware is one of the top cybersecurity challenges of our lifetime. Survey after survey has revealed senior management and IT employees from the top on down, list a successful ransomware attack as their number one cybersecurity fear above all others.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Survey of over 2,000 IT pros revealed that a quarter either don't know or don't think Microsoft 365 data can be affected by ransomware.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Ransomware – malware that aims to prevent victims from accessing their data unless they pay their attackers – seems to be in the news more than ever before. Sophos’s most recent annual ransomware survey, The State of Ransomware 2021 , found that 37% of organisations surveyed in 2021 had been affected by ransomware in the previous year.

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Check Point security researchers recently described the Azov ransomware as an “effective, fast, and unfortunately unrecoverable data wiper,” noting that the malware seems far more focused on destroying data than on any effort to demand a ransom. Venus Ransomware Targets Healthcare. As Check Point’s Ji?í

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 21, 2021

There are few guarantees in the IT industry, but one certainty is that as the world steps into 2022, ransomware will continue to be a primary cyberthreat. The dangers from ransomware have risen sharply since WannaCry and NotPetya hit the scene in 2017, and this year has been no different. Cryptocurrency Fuels Ransomware.

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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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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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Dark Reading

JANUARY 22, 2020

For all the cautions against doing so, one-third of organizations in a Proofpoint survey said they paid their attackers after getting infected with ransomware.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Fortinet’s Derek Manky discusses a recent global survey showing that two-thirds of organizations suffered at least one ransomware attack, while half were hit multiple times.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

The first data that emerged from the report is that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector. Most of the surveyed organisations (73%) in the health sector haven’t a program to mitigate ransomware attacks.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 11, 2022

Even among businesses with cyber insurance, they lack coverage for basic costs of many cyberattacks, according to a BlackBerry survey.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 27, 2023

A new survey points to an overconfidence around organization’s preparedness, despite admitting to falling victim to ransomware attacks – in some cases multiple times.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The United States government is putting a $10 million bounty on the leaders of the DarkSide cybercriminal organization, the ransomware group behind the attack earlier this year on Colonial Pipeline that caused major gas shortages and long lines at filling stations in the Southeast. Also read: Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 30, 2020

We’re not even halfway through 2020, and already it’s been a record-breaking year for ransomware attacks. Millions of inboxes have been hit with a variant of Avaddon ransomware. Some of the survey’s findings suggest there’s some cognitive dissonance. 1-99-employee companies are a target.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

As Europol celebrated the fifth anniversary of its anti-ransomware initiative this week, menacing new ransomware threats made it clear that the fight against cyber threats is never-ending. The site also provides guidance on preventing ransomware attacks. “Ransomware enables criminals to steal all this in an instant. .

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A recent Sophos survey of 2,700 IT managers in organisations with 100-5,000 employees around the world, revealed that many businesses are not prepared for ransomware attacks. 54% of those surveyed had experienced an attack within the past year. 45% of UK organisations experienced a ransomware attack within the past 12 months.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Amid an economic downturn, cybersecurity staffing shortages, and endless cyberattacks, financially motivated attacks are the top concern among IT professionals.

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Threatpost

JUNE 16, 2021

Meanwhile, in a separate survey, 80 percent of organizations that paid the ransom said they were hit by a second attack.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A lawsuit working its way through the courts could have a lot to say about the liabilities facing organizations that have been hit by ransomware attacks – and could have implications for cybersecurity preparation and regulation in general. Hospital’s Operations Hit by Ransomware. Ransomware Liability.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Clop ransomware gang gained access to the email addresses of more than 632K US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice. Russian-speaking Clop ransomware group gained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice. ” states Bloomberg.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

The London-based supplier of email security technology, surveyed 1,100 information technology and cybersecurity professionals worldwide and found: •Human risk remains a massive exposure. Related: AI makes scam email look real Fresh evidence comes from Mimecast’s “The State of Email and Collaboration Security” 2024 report.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The data shows how perceptions around cyber and technology risks, from ransomware and other cyber-attacks to the threats posed by AI, are changing the global business risk landscape. The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, based on data from a survey of almost 2,800 respondents from 17 countries across the globe, illustrates these trends and changes. Ransomware ranked second (53%) and phishing finished in the top three (40%). The ransomware factor. These perceptions were consistent across all geographies.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

In a 2023 survey, 30% of CISOs named insider threats one of the biggest cybersecurity threats for the year. Ransomware: This attack involves criminals holding a network and its precious data hostage until the enterprise pays the demanded amount. The risk factor is higher among nonprofits, as they store data about high-net-worth donors.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Phishing, malware, and ransomware have spurred organizations to increase their investments in endpoint security, according to Dark Reading’s Endpoint Security Survey.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware and malware on CNI will be paramount to the stability of national economies for the years to come. The Threat of Ransomware Targeted and untargeted CNI incidents are now simpler to execute than ever before. And only a mere 2.6%

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In 2021/22, 61% of fraud incidents were cyber-related, as the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) reported. Ransomware's Continuing Threat Ransomware has become a significant concern for financial services, with 64% of organizations witnessing a surge in attacks. billion annually.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

According to our survey, the majority of consumers (77 percent) are confident they can identify, and report suspected malicious cyber activity despite general apathy toward proactively securing their devices and personal data. Blurred lines. The hybrid workforce is here to stay, along with the blurring of work and home.

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PerezBox

AUGUST 22, 2017

The SANS Institute recently released their 2017 Threat Landscape Survey: User on the Front Line in which they interviewed 263 IT and security professional on the things that keep them. The post Phishing and Ransomware Leads Security Concerns for Organizations appeared first on PerezBox.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

A third of companies are unprepared for some of the most damaging cyber attacks, such as APTs, insider threats, ransomware and DDoS attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2023

Ransomware is at an all-time high; attackers are as elusive as ever. The threat of ransomware. Our survey found that 82 percent of respondents would rather depend on AI over humans to hunt threats, and 53 percent agreed that greater automation is necessary to improve security operations.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 10, 2023

Annual survey uncovers surprising data but warns against complacency.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2022

The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, Financial Services Edition, outlines the challenges financial services organizations face securing sensitive data and provides guidance around reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware, malware, phishing, and denial of service. Malware and ransomware attacks increase.

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