By Clayton Romans – Over the past several years, ransomware attacks have caused extraordinary harm to American organizations: schools forced to close, hospitals required to divert patients, companies across all sectors facing operational disruption and expending untold sums on mitigation … Continue reading →
The number of victims affected by a mass-ransomware attack, caused by a bug in a popular data transfer tool used by businesses around the world, continues to grow as another organization tells TechCrunch that it was also hacked. The City of … Continue reading →
On December 12th, 2022, there was a cyberattack in the Swedish municipalities of Borgholm and Mörbylånga that rendered a range of critical services from both municipalities unavailable. Although the nature of the intrusion is still undisclosed, it seems to be part of … Continue reading →
By Bob Lam – If there’s one threat that keeps your average IT security leader awake at night, it’s undoubtedly the threat of ransomware that continues to plague businesses of every stripe and size across the globe. One recent report predicts that … Continue reading →
Derek B. Johnson – The Cuba ransomware group has doubled its number of American victims over the past year, infecting at least 65 U.S. entities across a broad range of critical infrastructure sectors and stealing more than $60 million in ransom … Continue reading →
Another researcher Rakesh Krishnan shared screenshots of the stolen data—which appears to include Tata Power employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), National ID (Aadhar) card numbers, PAN (tax account) numbers, salary information, etc. Additionally, the data dump contains engineering drawings, financial and banking records as … Continue reading →
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a new warning they anticipate ransomware attacks could increase as the new school year begins. “The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC anticipate attacks may increase as the 2022/2023 … Continue reading →
Seriously? Not affiliated with any government, but will use our resources in order to strike back due to American cyber aggression. Sorry comrade, not sorry. By Zack Whittaker – A cache of chat logs belonging to the Conti ransomware group … Continue reading →
By Geneva Sands – The Senate on Tuesday passed major cybersecurity legation, moving one step closer toward forcing critical infrastructure companies to report cyberattacks and ransomware payments. The passage comes as federal officials have repeatedly warned of the potential for Russian cyberattacks against … Continue reading →
While the ransom itself is certainly painful, the actual data that is publicly compromised via the “name and shame” sites is the true exposure to organizations. Written by Charlie Osborne – One in seven ransomware extortion data leaks reveals business-critical operational … Continue reading →
