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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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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