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Tag Archives: ransomware
War Room Preparation Key to Ransomware Response (CD)
Ransomcloud: How and Why Ransomware is Targeting the Cloud (Tech Monitor)
Drawn to the wealth of data stored in the cloud, criminals are developing 'ransomcloud' malware that targets cloud services.... More
Are Ransomware and Cryptocurrencies Intrinsically Linked? (Tech Monitor)
Criminals usually demand ransom payments in cryptocurrency, so would a ban on these digital payment systems stem the flow of attacks?... More
Extortion Payments Hit New Records as Ransomware Crisis Intensifies (Palo Alto Networks Blog)
The average ransomware payment climbed 82% since 2020 to a record $570,000 in the first half of 2021, as cybercriminals employed increasingly aggressive tactics to coerce organizat... More
Ransomware, Supply Chain Attacks Put Cyber Insurers on Notice (CD)
The rise of cyberattacks is putting pressure on the cyber insurance industry, as newly released data shows average ransomware demands nearly tripled in the first half of 2021. The ... More
Remote Working Drives Ransomware Epidemic: How ISPs Can Protect Their Business Customers (Irdeto Insights)
As if dealing with the direct effects of a global pandemic wasn’t difficult enough, over the past year many individuals, businesses and public bodies have found themselves suffer... More
When Should You Protect Against Ransomware? Now, Before it Hits You (Palo Alto Networks Blog)
Sounding the alarm and shutting down access to critical software in a panic is not the best way to fight the growing ransomware epidemic. When organizations wait to react to ransom... More
Minimize Your Risk of Ransomware (Box Blog)
Cybersecurity Ventures predicts ransomware will cost its victims around $265 billion annually by 2031 with a new attack every 2 seconds. No company, big or small, is immune.... More
Ransomware is a Worldwide Problem: Palo Alto Networks (Bloomberg)
Palo Alto Networks Senior Vice President Wendi Whitmore discusses the new business model behind ransomware attacks and how it's disrupting supply chains.... More
Thoughts on What to Do to be More Resilient to Ransomware (Edgescan Blog)
There is no silver bullet but here are some tips that may reduce the risk and impact if you’re unfortunate enough to be faced with a breach.... More
Have We Reached Peak Ransomware? (ZDNet)
A string of high-profile cyberattacks has made ransomware an impossible issue to ignore - in fact, even world leaders are talking about it. Will this be enough to make cyber crimin... More
Ransomware is the Top Cybersecurity Threat We Face, Warns Cyber Chief (ZDNet)
Ransomware is one of the key cybersecurity threats facing the UK and the cyber-criminal groups behind it are becoming more dangerous, the UK's cyber chief is to warn. Lindy Cameron... More
The Cost of Ransomware Attacks Worldwide Will Go Beyond $265B in the Next Decade (ZDNet)
Ransomware has been likened to a hydra -- cut off one head, and more appear in its place. Ransomware is now one of the most potentially damaging -- and a very popular -- types of m... More
When Companies Fail to Pay, Ransomware Gangs Email Their Customers (PC Mag)
Ransomware gangs have a pretty easy time of it already. They hack into a company server, encrypt all their data, demand payment, and wait. But what if the victim drags their feet o... More
Companies Pay Out Hundreds of Millions in Ransomware Attacks (CNBC)
Video: CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on hackers who hold companies’ data for ransom and the people who negotiate with them.... More
Top 3 Cybersecurity Lessons Learned From the Pandemic (Dark Reading)
Defending an enterprise of fully remote employees and their devices at this scale and speed had never been done before. Now, we do it every day.... More
What Makes Ransomware a Constant Enterprise Pain Point (CD)
Threat groups mimic and manipulate the tactics, techniques and procedures of other groups, making ransomware attacks more difficult to prevent.... More
Ransomware as a Service is the New Big Problem for Business (ZDNet)
Easy-to-use ransomware as a service schemes are booming, accounting for almost two-thirds of ransomware campaigns during the past year, warn researchers.... More
Edgescan Vulnerability Stat Report Details Rough 2020
Vulnerability management services firm Edgescan has released its “2021 Vulnerability Statistics Report,” and the numbers aren’t pretty on the remote work security front. (mor... More
The Ransomware Landscape is More Crowded Than You Think (ZDNet)
More than 25 Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) portals are currently renting ransomware to other criminal groups.... More