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Analysis & Features

Attackers targeted victims with 400,000 new malicious files daily, a 5% rise compared to 2021

January 9, 2023 admin 0

In 2022, Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered on average 400,000 malicious files distributed every day, indicating a 5% growth compared to 2021. The number of certain types of threats also escalated: for example, Kaspersky experts discovered [c]

Analysis & Features

New techniques and groups emerge as targeted ransomware attacks double in 2022

December 13, 2022 admin 1

During the first ten months of 2022, the proportion of users attacked by targeted ransomware almost doubled compared to the same period in 2021. Such a striking growth indicates that ransomware gangs have continued mastering [c]

Analysis & Features

Kaspersky predicts shifts in threat landscape in industrial control systems in 2023

December 8, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky’s ICS CERT researchers have shared their predictions for the next years’ industrial control system-focused developments and risks that organisations should prepare for in 2023. The predictions include increased attack surface due to digitisation, activities [c]

CSR

The Cloud is a growing target for cyberattacks according to Sophos survey

December 7, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has published findings of a new survey, “The Reality of SMB Cloud Security in 2022.” The survey found that, among Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) users, 56% experienced an increase in the volume of [c]

Analysis & Features

Prevent Christmas cheer from falling to cyber crime

December 6, 2022 admin 0

Christmas is always a special time for millions of people around the world. This happy season has a tradition of giving heart-felt gifts as a token of affection and love, as well as spending more [c]

CSR

Ransomware responsible for 30% of attacks detected in Africa, Middle East, and Turkey by Kaspersky

November 29, 2022 admin 0

Incident response (IR) implies companies calling in a team after a security breach to prevent an attack from spreading and limit the damage. According to information shared by Kaspersky experts during the recent annual Cyber [c]

Analysis & Features

Attackers commercialize cybercrime, launch more ransomware attacks and enhance credential theft

November 21, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has published its 2023 Threat Report. The report details how the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization and convenience for would-be attackers, with nearly all barriers to entry for committing cybercrime [c]

Analysis & Features

Manufacturing had highest average ransomware payment across all sectors

October 31, 2022 admin 0

Sophos, the global leader in innovating and delivering next-generation cybersecurity as a service, has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production,” which found that the sector had the [c]

Analysis & Features

How do we build powerful defense with data storage?

October 25, 2022 admin 0

By Ning Yun Ransomware is striking at an alarming rate. Information technology research and consultancy company Gartner predicts, by 2025, at least 75% of IT organizations will face one or more attacks. Refined hacking tools [c]

Analysis & Features

Financial and cybercrimes key concerns for police globally – INTERPOL

October 20, 2022 admin 0

More than 60 per cent of respondents rank crimes such as money laundering, ransomware, phishing and online scams as high or very high threats according to INTERPOL’s inaugural Global Crime Trend report The findings state [c]

CSR

BlackByte gang adds sophisticated BYOD technique to bypass over 1,000 drivers used by industry wide EDR products

October 16, 2022 admin 0

Sophos, a global vendor of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has announced that BlackByte, one of the newer, “heavy-hitter” ransomware gangs, has added a sophisticated “Bring Your Own Driver” technique to bypass more than 1,000 drivers used [c]

Analysis & Features

RDP attacks record further drop as ransomware loses war-related messaging

October 5, 2022 admin 0

ESET released today its T2 2022 Threat Report, summarizing key statistics from ESET detection systems, and highlighting notable examples of ESET’s cybersecurity research. The latest issue of the ESET Threat Report (covering May to August 2022) [c]

Analysis & Features

Nearly 75% of local and state government entities attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted

September 29, 2022 admin 0

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022, which found that 72% of state and local government organizations attacked [c]

Analysis & Features

Joint operation dismantles sextortion ring in Hong Kong and Singapore

September 22, 2022 admin 0

In June 2022, INTERPOL launched a public awareness campaign warning Internet users of a dramatic increase in digital extortion threats. Under the banner #YouMayBeNext and supported by 75 INTERPOL member countries and 21 public or private entities, [c]

Analysis & Features

Retail industry was the second most targeted industry by ransomware in 2021

September 9, 2022 admin 0

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of ransomware attacks last year [c]

Analysis & Features

Commodity malware outpaced ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2022

August 24, 2022 admin 0

Cisco Talos, one of the world’s largest private threat intelligence teams, has released its latest quarterly report that examines incident response trends and global cyber threats. According to the report, during the months of April, [c]

Analysis & Features

Hive, LockBit and BlackCat Ransomware gangs consecutively attack the same network

August 12, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has announced in the Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary whitepaper, “Multiple Attackers: A Clear and Present Danger,” that Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network. The first two attacks [c]

Analysis & Features

Luna, a new ransomware group, now using cross-platform programming language

July 21, 2022 admin 1

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a new ransomware group that further underlines the trend of ransomware actors turning to cross-platform functionality. The group, dubbed Luna, employs the use of ransomware written in Rust, a programming language [c]

Analysis & Features

BlackCat, the ransomware group, adds brute ratel to attack tools

July 18, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has revealed in the article, “BlackCat Ransomware Attacks Not Merely a Byproduct of Bad Luck,” that the ransomware gang has added Brute Ratel, a pentesting tool, to its arsenal of attack tools. The article [c]

Analysis & Features

Education sector suffers highest data encryption rate and longest recovery time

July 16, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Education 2022. The findings reveal that education institutions – both higher and lower education – are increasingly being hit with ransomware, with 60% [c]

Analysis & Features

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations rose by 94% in 2021 – Sophos

June 2, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.” The findings reveal a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in this sector. In 2021, 66% of [c]

Analysis & Features

Conti gang encrypts Karma’s extortion notes in dual ransomware attack

March 10, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has released findings of a dual ransomware attack where extortion notes left by Karma ransomware operators were encrypted 24 hours later by Conti, another ransomware gang that was in the target’s network at the [c]

CSR

SLVA and BullWall partner to offer ransomware solution to business clients in South Africa

February 26, 2022 admin 0

SLVA Cybersecurity has announced a new partnership with Danish technology innovator, BullWall, to empower South African businesses with a laser-focused last line of defense ransomware solution. Estimates suggest a ransomware attack occurs every 11 seconds globally and causes [c]

CSR

Sophos report on Midas ransomware attack highlights risks of limited access controls and “ghost” tools 

January 31, 2022 admin 0

Sophos has released findings from an incident involving Midas ransomware that took place over two months and involved extensive lateral movement through the target’s network to compromise machines and accounts, run PowerShell scripts, and seize more than 2,000 [c]

Analysis & Features

73% of healthcare providers globally use medical equipment with legacy OS

January 10, 2022 admin 0

Medicine has always been a field where innovations play a crucial and truly life-saving role. However, during the pandemic, the healthcare industry was forced to significantly speed up the implementation of new developments. Indeed, this [c]

Analysis & Features

AvosLocker ransomware uses AnyDesk in Safe Mode to launch attacks

December 26, 2021 admin 0

Sophos has released new research about AvosLocker ransomware in the article,“AvosLocker Remotely Accesses Boxes, Even Running in Safe Mode.” Sophos’ research explains how attackers attempt to bypass security controls by using a combination of Windows [c]

Analysis & Features

Sophos report highlights trends in ransomware, malware, attack tools, and cryptominers

November 10, 2021 admin 0

Sophos has published the Sophos 2022 Threat Report, which shows how the gravitational force of ransomware’s black hole is pulling in other cyberthreats to form one massive, interconnected ransomware delivery system – with significant implications [c]

Analysis & Features

Top 10 ways ransomware attackers exert pressure on victims to pay up

November 3, 2021 admin 0

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published an article, “The Top 10 Ways Ransomware Operators Ramp Up the Pressure to Pay,” detailing how ransomware attackers are implementing a wide range of ruthless pressure [c]

Analysis & Features

New INTERPOL report identifies the top five cyberthreats in Africa

October 26, 2021 admin 0

A new report published by INTERPOL gives key insights into cybercrime in Africa. The result of cross-sector collaboration, the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 will help countries in Africa to understand the most prevalent threats [c]

Analysis & Features

Sophos uncovers Python ransomware targeting an ESXi server and virtual machines

October 6, 2021 admin 0

Sophos has released details of a new ransomware written in Python that attackers used to compromise and encrypt virtual machines hosted on an ESXi hypervisor. The report, “Python Ransomware Script Targets ESXi Server for Encryption,” [c]

CSR

Sophos announces accelerated growth of its MSP Connect program

September 22, 2021 admin 0

Sophos has announced accelerated worldwide growth of MSP Connect, the firm’s award-winning program to help managed service providers (MSPs) increase customer management efficiencies, unlock new business opportunities and boost revenue. The growth is fueled by [c]

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