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 […]
This article has been amended to reflect an updated statement on the incident from Okta. After screenshots claiming to stem from security breaches at IT giant Microsoft and identity and authentication provider Okta, both companies are investigating possible attacks from the Lapsus$ hacking group. In statements to various media outlets, the companies say they are […]
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 […]
The Senate has passed a bipartisan bill designed to harden U.S. cybersecurity in both public and private sectors requiring organizations to report significant cyberattacks and ransomware payments to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The proposed bill, Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act, combines language from three bills that Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Gary Peters […]
Cyberattacks have been front and center in the Ukraine crisis, as the country is not just suffering from conventional warfare as it fights with Russia. The country’s critical infrastructure has been repeatedly attacked, purportedly by hackers working for their next door adversary. These attacks have targeted government websites, infrastructure and more with DDoS attacks and […]
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 […]
More than two-thirds were infected with ransomware from a direct email payload, and 60% of those victims paid the ransom, according to new research from cybersecurity and compliance firm Proofpoint. The company’s 2022 State of the Phish Report, the results of a survey of 600 IT professionals and 3,500 workers, reveals that phishing and other […]
Ransomware actors had a field day last year, conducting over 623 million ransomware attacks around the world, resulting in a 105% increase from the year prior, according to cybersecurity firm SonicWall. The company’s 2022 Cyber Threat Report released Thursday also finds that ransomware volume has exploded since before the pandemic, rising 232% since 2019. That […]
In 2021, 14 of the 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors were hit with ransomware, according to the CISA, FBI and NSA in a new report. And it’s not just happening the U.S., Australia’s critical infrastructure entities have been hit, as well as in the U.K. The education sector was one of the top U.K. sectors […]
Ransomware payments have skyrocketed in recent months, hitting an average of over $300,000 in the last quarter of 2021, as the risks of doing business has increased for ransomware threat actors, according to a new report. Coveware, a ransomware recovery firm, reports that the average ransomware payment in the fourth quarter was $322,168, a 130% […]
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