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Continual innovation and growing sophistication of cloud services is giving organizations clear and practical routes to deal with ransomware attacks. The latest cloud-based file storage platforms not only enable more flexible sharing of information, but they also ensure forensic assessment and surgical recovery from attacks, without the affected firms losing productive time or having to […]
Continue ReadingAcross the country businesses and public agencies alike are holding virtual job fairs and summits and talking about the effects of the virtual workforce. Faced with skilled labor shortages and the pandemic-driven move to remote working, the public and private sectors are addressing the fact that virtual workforces are part of the long-term future. How […]
Continue ReadingOrganizations are not equipped to defend against ransomware due to deficiencies in implementing and sustaining basic cybersecurity practices, including managing privileged administrator credentials and ensuring visibility of supply chain risk, an Axio reserach report reveals. “Ransomware is everywhere, dominating headlines, corporate board meetings and even the Biden administration’s agenda,” remarked the report’s co-author David White, […]
Continue ReadingThreat actors are increasingly using advanced tactics to obfuscate and launder their illicit gains, a report by the US Government finds The post $5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware appeared first on WeLiveSecurity Source: WeLiveSecurity
Continue ReadingBy Deeba Ahmed In July 2021 the REvil ransomware group vanished due to mounting US pressure after the Kaseya attack. However, the group was back in September 2021 by carrying out extortion-based DDoS attacks on ITSPs in the UK and Canada/America. The infamous REvil ransomware group has suddenly announced to end its activities. The group, […]
Continue ReadingDepuis des années, l’équipe McAfee Entreprise Advanced Threat Research (ATR) constate le développement des ransomwares ainsi que la naissance et la mort (apparente) de la plus grande bande organisée d’opérateurs. Qu’en est-il des acteurs individuels du ransomware qui opèrent à plus petite échelle ? Leur impact a attisé la curiosité des équipes de McAfee Entreprise. […]
Continue ReadingNetwork attacks continue to proliferate, especially sophisticated probing of user domain registries, ransomware attacks, and malware injections via trojans. To further challenge IT, network traffic is far more distributed than in the past: Enterprise applications continue to migrate to the cloud instead of being hosted in the corporate data center, the number of workers accessing […]
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A ransomware attack is likely the cause of the recent downtime for TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group broadcast television company. TV stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group went down over the weekend officially due to technical issues, but some media [1,2] reported that it was a victim of a ransomware attack. […]
Continue ReadingCybersecurity crises are becoming commonplace. With the massive surge in ransomware attacks in the last few years, businesses can’t afford to ignore the increasing possibility of facing one, and should invest money and effort into crisis management. Some have already been burned and are (hopefully) working on creating incident response and business continuity plans and […]
Continue ReadingDuring the COVID-19 crisis, another outbreak took place in the cyber space: a digital pandemic driven by ransomware. In a recent report, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) analyzes the latest risk developments around ransomware and outlines how companies can strengthen their defenses with good cyber hygiene and IT security practices. The increasing frequency and […]
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