Average Ransoms Triple while Ransomware Incident Response Costs Pile On

New data shows it’s now clear the biggest problem with ransomware (just after taking down your operation) is all the necessary costs incurred trying to clean up the mess post-attack.

REvil Ransomware Now Helps with Extortion by Offering to Call the Victim’s Contractors and the Media

The bad guys are going to great lengths to ensure they make their money. As part of its Ransomware-as-a-Service, REvil is now expanding its services to aid in the extortion phase.

New UK National Cyber Security Centre Head Warns that Cybersecurity Should be Taken More Seriously

Even though the UK has made 'huge progress' on cybersecurity efforts, the new Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Lindy Cameron believes that the current efforts ...

A Tale of Two Ransomware Variants: Two Ends of the Ransomware Attack Spectrum

Ransomware attacks are evolving much in the same way any saturated services market would, with specific targets, extortion techniques used, and customer experiences. Two new variants ...

FBI Warns that PYSA Ransomware is Targeting Schools

The FBI has warned of a wave of ransomware attacks against schools and other entities across the United States and the UK.

Ransomware Attacks Are Growing More Costly and Effective by the Day

The availability of commodity bots and ransomware is making the business of ransomware accessible to just about every. And, according to new data, everyone’s getting in on the game.

Exchange Exploit Attempts Surge Sixfold as Ransomware Lands

The Phil Muncaster at Info Security Mag had it first: "The number of global exploit attempts targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers has risen sixfold over the past few days, as ...

[Heads Up] Has Your Exchange Been Hacked And Is Now A Ticking Time Bomb?

Brian Krebs wrote: "Globally, hundreds of thousand of organizations running Exchange email servers from Microsoft just got mass-hacked, including at least 30,000 victims in the United ...

The Different Scenarios How Backups are Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks

Organizations need to ensure that their data backups aren’t tampered with by attackers, according to security firm Datto. In an article for Channel Futures, Datto explained that backups ...

Universal Health Services Becomes Next Victim of Ryuk Ransomware, Costing $67 Million

Fortune 500 hospital and health care service provider Universal Health Services (UHS) recently became victim to Ryuk ransomware in September 2020.