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Sophos: Average 2021 Ransomware Payment Skyrockets to More Than $800,000

Despite better tools and cyber insurance, the average ransomware payment and percentage of victims that pay the ransom continue to rise.

April 27, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

An alarming new report from U.K.-based cybersecurity company Sophos finds that both the amount of organizations hit with ransomware and the ransom paid are drastically increasing, with the average ransomware payment now not far off from reaching seven figures. The company’s State of Ransomware 2022 report, the results of a survey of 5,600 IT professionals […]

Organizations are Under-Prepared to Effectively Mitigate Against the Risks and Impact of Ransomware Attacks

A skills shortage and a dependence on internal resources for response posture is putting organizations at risk.

April 13, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Gaps in readiness are impacting the ability of many organizations to manage and recover from ransomware attacks, according to research by Zerto, a Boston-based cloud data management and protection platform. This gap poses a risk to mitigation strategies presented by widespread skills shortages and over-reliance on internal resources. One of the best protections against a […]

Ransomware Study: 4 out of 5 Organizations Targeted Within The Past 12 Months

March 31, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OwnBackup, the leading SaaS data protection platform, today announced the findings of a global survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) that reveals a staggering 79% of respondent organizations have been targeted by ransomware within the past 12 months. Of those organizations, nearly three quarters said the attack was successful, meaning that […]

How Fast Does Ransomware Encrypt Files?

Research from Splunk suggests some ransomware groups have an encryption speed of mere minutes, with LockBit being the fastest.

March 25, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

For IT and cybersecurity professionals, ransomware has been the scourge of the earth over the last two years, as the cybercrime economy continues to grow and beat system administrators and network defense pros to the point of attack. One reason for the difficulty in preventing and responding to ransomware attacks is the speed with which […]

Report: Ransomware Attacks Increase In February After Quiet December, January

Ransomware attacks continue to increase, with NCC Group reporting a nearly 53% rise in ransomware incidents last month.

March 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Ransomware attacks continue to increase, with NCC Group reporting a nearly 53% rise in ransomware incidents last month. According to the cybersecurity and risk mitigation firm, ransomware attacks increased from 121 in January to 185 in February, with industrials, consumer cyclicals and technology the most targeted sectors. This NCC report comes after the organization reported […]

Kubernetes an Achilles Heel in Defense Against Ransomware Attacks

March 16, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Research reveals 89% of organizations say ransomware attacks in Kubernetes environments are a risk, yet they are dangerously slow to extend data protection solutions SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Veritas Technologies, a leader in multi-cloud data management, today announced the results of a new study revealing that the majority of organizations are underprepared to face threats against […]

CyberSense Unveils up to 10X Performance Enhancement in Detecting Ransomware Corruption with Dell PowerProtect Integration

March 8, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Latest version of CyberSense integrated with Dell Cyber Recovery enables clients to dramatically reduce resources required for full-content analytics that detect corruption due to ransomware HOLMDEL, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CyberSense, powered by data integrity software company Index Engines, announced a new update today that enables Dell customers to detect and recover from ransomware corruption with significantly less […]

The Conti Ransomware Leaks: Six Takeaways

Leaked internal information about the Conti ransomware group is giving IT and network defenders new insight into how cybercriminals operate.

March 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Information security, nation-state hacking, ransomware and malware have been front and center of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with hackers on each side allegedly launching large-scale attacks against the infrastructure of their opponent. Although Russia is infamous for its hacking activities and ransomware groups long believed to be protected by the country’s government, threat actors in other […]

Ransomware Attacks Rise Almost 93% in 2021

Ransomware attacks almost doubled, rising 92.7% in 2021, and the trend will likely continue through 2022 and beyond, NCC Groups says.

February 23, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Ransomware attacks almost doubled in 2021, rising to 92.7% year-over-year, according to NCC Group, a global cyber security and risk mitigation firm. The firm’s 2021 Annual Threat Monitor shows a gradual but noticeable rise in ransomware attacks since the pandemic began. Ransomware accounted for 65.38% of all incidents dealt with by NCC’s global cyber response […]

Dragos Industrial Cybersecurity “Year in Review” Reports Rise in Threat Groups, Vulnerabilities, and Ransomware as ICS/OT Systems Digitally Transform

February 23, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Number of industrial organizations with external connections to their Industrial Control Systems doubled, yet 86% of organizations report limited-to-no visibility of ICS environments HANOVER, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dragos, Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for industrial controls systems (ICS)/operational technology (OT) environments, today released its fifth annual Dragos ICS/OT Cybersecurity Year in Review (YIR) report, the most […]