The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report explores the possible unintended consequences of banning ransom payments, the challenges of opening a cyber intel firm during wartime, and the need for more clarity in the regulation of cryptocurrency firms.
One popular bad actor tactic is to generate "low and slow" fake diurnal traffic. Using this tactic, bad actors attempt to evade detection by hiding within legitimate user traffic patterns.
Because today’s fake diurnals blend in with authentic human traffic more
effectively than in the past, solutions must be...
An entire industry has sprung up around running bots and proxies to purchase all of the items made available during a limited release in order to resell them at a profit, depriving fans from direct participation in the sale.
Shopify decided to offer merchants a customizable skill testing challenge question feature,...
The Russian cybercrime syndicate Evil Corp constitutes a significant threat to the healthcare sector due to the gang's powerful malware and ransomware and its deep ties to various hacking groups, the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warns.
Montenegro continues to try and restore government infrastructure disrupted in a recent cyberattack. While a government official said Moscow was likely to blame, the Cuba ransomware gang has since taken credit - at least for an attack on the Balkan country's Parliament, including the theft of data.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has worked closely with the energy and financial sectors in recent months to prevent cyber fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war. CISA Chief of Staff Kiersten Todt says information sharing is crucial for the critical infrastructure industries.
As ransomware continues to pummel organizations left, right and center, two states have responded by banning certain types of ransom payments, and more look set to soon follow suit. But experts warn such bans could have "terrible consequences," leading to costlier and more complicated recovery.
Does your security team look beyond the endpoint to prevent ransomware attacks? More employees are working remotely—creating new entry points for attackers through RDP ports, VPN vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations. Threats have also evolved from spam and broad-stroke attacks to advanced and targeted...
As the latest wave of ransomware attacks, extortion attempts and related fallout continues to hit hospitals globally, U.S. federal authorities have issued a new warning to the healthcare sector about Karakurt, the group behind one of the recent incidents.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel new opportunities for cybercriminals, malicious insiders and other adversaries who are posing new security threats to the privacy of patient health data, says attorney Erik Weinick of law firm Otterbourg P.C.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses how ransomware-as-a-service groups are shifting their business models, how investigators battling cybercrime have been hindered by GDPR, and how employees consider workplace "choice" a key factor for job satisfaction.
In 2020, companies around the world spent more than $18B in ransoms.The inconvenient truth is that threat preparation, particularly for high-stakes threats like ransomware, requires a whole-company approach.
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Ragnar Locker ransomware group released 361 gigabytes of what appears to be confidential data belonging to Greek national natural gas operator DESFA. The threat group says the alleged victim did not negotiate with it. The company confirmed a cyberattack and said it would not pay the ransom.
It’s a considerable challenge to defend organizations against rapidly evolving, increasingly complex cyberthreats. Attackers are continuously adapting and evolving behaviour-wise and are also leveraging new vulnerabilities and everyday IT infrastructure to evade detection and stay one step ahead of security...
Ransomware continues to be one of the top cyber threats facing organizations, with 37% admitting having been victimized in the last 12 months. It is critical, therefore, that you have advanced protection technologies in place to keep your organization secure.
This checklist identifies items to stop attacks from...
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