Keeping you updated on the latest ransomware attack vectors, strains, decryptors, families and trends to help you avoid becoming infected.
Despite the somewhat logical notion that once you’ve paid the ransom, the attack is over, new data shows that paying the ransom doesn’t help you anywhere near how much you think it does.
As ransomware, business email compromise, and phishing attacks continue to escalate, new data sheds light on where organizations need to focus to help put a stop to attack success.
A new report from the UK’s National Cyber Security Center highlights the current state of threats in the UK, with particular focus on ransomware attacks and their impact.
While every sector is taking strides to improve their security stances against ransomware and other cyberattacks, the latest data shows that for Manufacturing the impacts are huge and the ...
This Data wiper replaces every other 666 bytes of data with junk. Techradar reported that a new data-wiping malware has been detected, infecting more and more endpoints with each passing ...
This latest “new kid on the block” is gaining momentum and – according to CheckPoint – seeing successes with their attacks globally, calling their organizational structure “impressive.”
This new group makes the case that – as with any market – cybercriminals will focus on a niche sector they are experts on in order to improve their chances of success.
With only 57 vulnerabilities tied to ransomware back in 2019, the most recent data from security vendor Ivanti shows that number predicted to be over 300 by the end of 2022.
Since 2018, remote desktop compromise (RDP) and phishing have battled for dominance as the primary initial attack vector in ransomware attacks. The latest data shows that RDP is no longer ...
A newly released report on ransomware preparedness shows organizations are improving their security stance in comparison to last year, but overall still aren’t doing enough.
With ransomware attacks becoming more frequent, evasion getting more sophisticated, and ransoms increasing, new data shows organizations aren’t fighting for staff and budget.
Conventional ransomware encrypts the victims’ files and holds them hostage, unavailable to their owners, promising to provide a decryptor once the victims pay the ransom. In some cases ...
With ransomware gangs making so much money and then dropping off the face of the earth, what’s the motivation to come back to life and potentially risk getting caught?
New analysis of cyberattacks shows that organizations aren’t able to properly detect ransomware attacks, resulting in a majority of victims paying the ransom to retrieve data.
Greg Noone at the Techmonitor site covered this problem early October 2022, starting with a horror story.
New analysis highlights just how prevalent ransomware attacks are today, how material the impacts are, whether organizations get their data back, and exactly how these attacks start.
With Retail seeing and feeling the impact of more ransomware attacks than nearly every other industry, a new report focuses in on what the repercussions look like for this sector… and ...
As ransomware gangs look for new ways to improve their execution, this relatively new encryption tactic has been gaining popularity in multiple ransomware families.
The previously-thought defunct cybercriminal gang appears to not only reopened for business but has re-established themselves as a major threat by touting 400GBs of stolen data.
After suffering a taste of their own medicine as part of a response effort from victim organization Entrust, LockBit appears to have bounced back even stronger than before.
