Arctic Wolf has expanded its security operations platform into threat intelligence, incident response and cyber insurance, says CEO Nick Schneider. The company has focused on putting businesses in the best possible position to answer questions from insurance carriers following a security incident.
Russian-speaking ransomware gang BlackCat is leaking data stolen from a Pennsylvania-based healthcare group, including photos of breast cancer patients. The gang posted screenshots of patient diagnoses of a handful of patients and pictures of breast cancer patients disrobed from the waist up.
Play ransomware hackers attempting to extort the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland dumped 10 gigabytes of stolen information over the weekend and threatened that more dumps may come. Researchers have spotted similarities between the Play, Hive and Nokoyawa ransomware groups.
Technologists were quick to point out that popular AI-based chatbot, ChatGPT, could lower the bar for attackers in phishing campaigns and even write malware code, but Cato Networks' Etay Maor advises taking these predictions "with a grain of salt" and explores the pros and cons of ChatGPT.
Police in Germany and Ukraine detained two suspected core members of a ransomware criminal group with a track record of attacking hospitals and emergency services. Seized electronics may lead to additional arrests of members of the group, who are accused of spreading DoppelPaymer ransomware.
The Biden administration's national cybersecurity strategy emphasizes bolstering critical infrastructure sector protections, including setting minimum security requirements and enhancing collaboration. But observers says the industry needs more resources and a better security posture to comply.
The Royal ransomware group targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and other countries is made up of experienced ransomware attackers and has strong similarities to Conti, the infamous Russia-linked hacking group, according to a new alert issued by U.S. authorities.
The Biden administration, in its new national cybersecurity strategy, is doubling down on its efforts to combat ransomware, in part by designating it as a national security problem. Experts say this puts more "instruments of national power" - including military options - at the president's disposal.
When OrthoVA CIO, Terri Ripley, made the decision to send all non-clinical personnel to work from home in the early days of the pandemic, she knew there were risks but prioritized patient, physician, and staff safety first.
Ripley says they weren’t prepared to have the workforce safely access their systems...
In this week's roundup: an incident affecting News Corp and ransomware at Dish Network, Washington's Pierce Transit and the U.S. Marshals Service. Also: a DDoS attack on Danish hospitals from a threat actor that isn't what it claims and a bit of good news about a ransomware decryptor.
Analyzing Identity Risks (AIR) 2022 is a statistical analysis of every Identity Risk Assessment that Illusive conducted during 2021 and includes real-world examples of how these identity risks manifest.
Discover the growing use of identity-based attack tactics in ransomware and other cyberattacks and also what you...
Hackers maliciously encrypted a system belonging to the U.S. Marshals Service, compromising and exfiltrating sensitive data law enforcement data. "The system was disconnected shortly and the Department of Justice initiated a forensic investigation," said an agency spokesman.
The industrial control system (ICS)/operational technology (OT) security community is seeing attacks that go beyond traditional attacks on enterprise networks. Adversaries in critical infrastructure networks have illustrated knowledge of control system components, industrial protocols, and engineering operations. From...
Your adversary usually relies on stealth, getting in and out without leaving a trace. Ransomware would seem to be the exact opposite. It is designed to be 100% visible to the victim: a ransom note, and an inaccessible computer. But this is only true about the attack payload.
The key to stopping ransomware isn’t...
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