A new report reveals how attackers think, what they value, and how they apply the most pressure on victims. The report released today by Rapid7 invest.
In January, KrebsOnSecurity examined clues left behind by "Wazawaka," the hacker handle chosen by a major ransomware criminal in the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene. Wazawaka has since "lost his mind" according to his erstwhile colleagues, creating a Twitter account to drop…
iTWire With Double Extortion, We Can’t Outplay Ransomware So We Need To Outwit It
Shares Hayley Turner Director of Industrial Security - APAC at Darktrace
GUEST OPINION by Hayley Turner Director of Industrial Security - APAC at Darktrace: “Double Extortion” might sound like the title of a cheap airport thriller, but it’s a fast-growing component of the current ransomware explosion. While a year and a half ago, only one knownthreat actor used the tactic, there are now more than 16 ransomware groups actively using it.
From the JBS attack that impacted our agricultural sector, to the high-profile attack on Nine Entertainment, ransomware has not been far from the headlines this year. But despite this, the
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CHENNAI: There has been a 31 per cent increase in ransomware attacks which involve malware that encrypt files and hold the owner to ransom to access their data in India amid the pandemic in 2020, according to a report by Chennai-based Cyber Security Works (CSW), a leader in Attack Surface Management (ASM) and an official CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), along with RiskSense.
According to the report, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Apollo Tyres, India Bulls, and Delhi Medical Council were victims of ransomware attacks in the past year, and their data has been exposed on the dark web. It has been learnt that NHAI was attacked by Maze Ransomware on June 29, 2020, and over 43 GB of data was stolen. Right after the attack, on July 2, the threat actors posted about 2 GB of the data on the dark web to prove it had been stolen.
Press Release – NortonLifeLock Say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021 and brace for familiar Cyber Safety threats as well as some new ones Thanks to COVID-19, few would argue that 2020 was a banner year. But there is hope for 2021: Vaccines are already rolling out in many countries. …
Say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021 and brace for familiar Cyber Safety threats as well as some new ones
Thanks to COVID-19, few would argue that 2020 was a banner year. But there is hope for 2021: Vaccines are already rolling out in many countries. There is finally an end game in sight for the pandemic.