Cyber-attacks, top cause of business outages, study finds
For four years straight, cyber-attacks were the most common and most impactful causes of business outages across organisations, according to the latest Veeam ...
Tag: ransomware
2023, the year of mega ransomware attacks
Check Point Research's analysis of global cyber attack data reveals that 2023 was a year of mega ransomware attacks, with ...
Retail sector is unable to halt ransomware attacks, study finds
Only 26% of retail organisations this past year disrupted a ransomware attack before data encryption, according to “The State of ...
PodChats for FutureCISO: Counter-tactics against artificially intelligent ransomware
When asked about the growing exuberance over the use of generative AI, 54% of the surveyed security specialists believe that ...
Cybercriminals wiped out telemetry logs in 82% of attacks
Sophos released its Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners, which found that telemetry logs were missing in nearly 42% of the attack cases ...
Golden ransomware rules for CIOs: Observe correct prevent and notify
Ransomware hit big in 2023, with 95% more attacks compared to 2022, according to Corvus Insurance's Q3 23 Global Ransomware ...
Network segmentation, extremely important amid rising ransomware attacks
Akamai Technologies released a study reporting the advantages of microsegmentation amid increasing ransomware attacks. Microsegmentation allows the implementation of granular security policies and controls for ...
Sophos advances active adversary defenses with new security
Sophos introduced new security capabilities against cyberattacks and exposed how malicious players are deploying ransomware “fast” attacks in a few ...
Leaked source code used to launch a new type of ransomware
Sophos X-Ops discovered that multiple malicious players have been taking advantage of a leaked source code from LockBit 3.0 to launch ransomware attacks. The ...
Trellix predicts more complex ransomware cyberattacks in 2024
The Trellix Advanced Research Center predicts more complex ransomware attacks in Singapore in 2024. John Fokker, head of threat intelligence at Trellix ...
