Half of All Organizations Have Had Employees Approached to Aid in Ransomware Attacks

Partially due to the shift to working remotely, cybercriminals are finding some resemblance of success in getting internal assistance, begging the question of what to do about it.

November 25, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

FBI: Cyber Attacks Target Organizations Involved in Mergers and Acquisitions

A new notification from the FBI warns organizations of attacks at the perfect time when organizations are spending money, new people are being introduced, and operations are in flux.

November 25, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Planning on Relaxing During the Holiday? Think Again – Ransomware Attacks May Have You Working Over a Holiday Break!

New data shows a majority of organizations experience ransomware attacks during holiday breaks, disrupting operations and your time away from work!

November 18, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

'Fake Ransomware' as a Form of Social Engineering

Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability in a WordPress plugin to deface several hundred websites with phony warnings of ransomware, the Record reports. Researchers at Sucuri found that ...

November 18, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware Gangs Now Have Enough Money to Afford Zero-Day Exploits

Normally so expensive that they are only associated with nation-states, zero-day vulnerabilities are now within reach of ransomware gangs that have amassed fortunes to continue attacks.

November 10, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Use of Ransomware Data Leak Sites Begin to Slow Down?

New analysis of ransomware attacks by security vendor Digital Shadows in their Ransomware Q3 Roll Up highlights the current state of data leak site use with a peek into what may be to ...

November 9, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Median Ransomware Payment Jumps 50% as Mid-Market Becomes More Targeted

Changes in attack tactics in the last quarter alone demonstrate a shift in focus for ransomware gangs, as the number of companies attacked with 100 to 1,000 employees grows.

November 3, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

FBI Warns that Financial Events are Occasions for Extortion

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that ransomware operators are targeting companies that are going through financial events. The timing is designed to elicit and ...

October 27, 2021 Roger Grimes

Ransomware 3.0: It Is About To Get Much Worse

If you think ransomware is bad, it is about to get much, much worse. What will ransomware gangs do? Just everything.

October 26, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

New Ransomware Variant Brings with it the Dawn of the Era of “Quintuple-Extortion”

A ransomware gang with a new variant is trailblazing us towards the future of ransomware by making threats that go well beyond the simple ransom transactions of yesterday.

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