The vast majority of ransomware victims end up paying their attackers to get their data unlocked, according to a new report from cybersecurity software provider ThycoticCentrify. The report, “2021 State of Ransomware Survey and Report: Preventing and Mitigating the Skyrocketing Costs and Impacts of Ransomware Attacks,” based on survey responses from 300 U.S.-based IT professionals, […]
BlackMatter, a possible re-brand of DarkSide, which was active from September 2020 through May 2021 is back at it again. Since July 2021, BlackMatter ransomware has targeted multiple U.S. critical infrastructure entities, including two U.S. Food and Agriculture sector organizations, according to a joint advisory from the CISA, FBI and NSA. Black Matter actors have […]
HP is launching a new portfolio of conferencing and collaboration solutions designed for hybrid work, including meeting room systems and HP PCs enhanced with collaboration tools. The company is calling the new line of products HP Presence, and it includes conference room technologies like a mini conferencing PC, intelligent room controls, a 4K AI-enabled camera, […]
As ransomware continues to be an increasing threat to the US financial sector, businesses, and the public, the U.S. Treasury’s Crimes Enforcement Network (FInCEN) has identified six money laundering typologies related to ransomware payments: 1. Threat Actors Increasing Request Payments in AECs Ransomware-related payments are initially requested in Bitcoin, however threat actors may also ask […]
According to a new report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury on suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed by financial institutions, the value of suspicious activity reports filed related to ransomware payments during the first six months of the year has already exceeded the value reported for all of last year. The department’s Financial Trend […]
Every organization with internet-exposed workloads is vulnerable to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, especially those who are adopting cloud services in the wake of the pandemic. Bad actors will look for ways to take applications offline. The last week of August, Microsoft observed 2.4 terabits per second (Tbps) of DDoS attacks targeting Azure customers in Europe. […]
Google says its Threat Analysis Group of cybersecurity researchers is tracking new activity of an Iranian hacking group that uses novel techniques to steal credentials of high value targets in government and other related sectors. In a new blog, Google says it has sent over 50,000 security warnings to its customers this year, an increase […]
If you have ever thought about the many IoT devices that live on networks at your organization, you should seriously look into the security of those products and segment those networks. At the very least, change the default passwords. That’s the lesson an Illinois high school district learned when a student hacked into his school’s […]
One of the most common cyberthreats impacting IT Professionals around the world is ransomware, a malicious program made for devices to lock data from users unless they pay a ransom. At least one in five organizations have fallen victim to a cyberattack, while almost one in ten were forced to pay a ransom to recover […]
Google’s Cloud Next conference is underway this week, and the company has already announced several new products and offerings, as well as updates to existing Google Workplace apps, with solutions ranging from enhanced cybersecurity tools, new collaboration features and a new portfolio of managed hardware and software solutions called Distributed Cloud. Google’s Distributed Cloud offering […]
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