Cybercriminals abuse remote desktop protocol in 90% of attacks
Cybercriminals abused remote desktop protocol (RDP) in 90% of attacks, the highest incidence of RDP abuse since 2020, according to the latest active ...
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Cybercriminals abuse remote desktop protocol in 90% of attacks
Cybercriminals abused remote desktop protocol (RDP) in 90% of attacks, the highest incidence of RDP abuse since 2020, according to the Active Adversary analysis, ...
Sophos and Tenable to launch new vulnerability and attack surface management service
Sophos and Tenable® partnered to provide a vulnerability and attack surface management service, Sophos Managed Risk. The service combines the exposure management technology of Tenable and ...
Ransomware attacks attempted to compromise back-ups, study reports
Around 94% of organisations hit by ransomware in the past year said that the cybercriminals attempted to compromise their backups ...
Ransomware groups switch to remote ransomware attacks
Some of the most prolific and active ransomware groups, including Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal, and Black Basta, are deliberately switching on remote encryption for their ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Healthcare sector losing ground against cyber attackers, Sophos warns
Cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in nearly 75% of ransomware attacks in healthcare organisations according to “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023,” shared ...
