October 17, 2019 Only 32% of Companies are Adopting a Security-First Approach to Cloud Data Storage A recent survey conducted by the Poenmon Institute has revealed less than a third (32%) of companies are adopting a security-first approach to data stored ... Read more
October 16, 2019 Research Universities Targeted by ‘Silent Librarian’ Hacking Group The start of the academic year has seen the Silent Librarian (TA407) hacking group launch new phishing campaigns targeting research universities. The hacking group is ... Read more
October 11, 2019 TransUnion Data Breach Impacts 37,000 Canadians Chicago-based TransUnion, one of the ‘big three’ consumer credit reporting agencies, has announced that a data breach has been experienced that has potentially allowed an ... Read more
October 11, 2019 Free Muhstik, HildaCrypt, and Nempty Ransomware Decryptors Released Over the past few days, free decryptors have been released for three ransomware variants – Muhstik, HildaCrypt, and Nempty Ransomware. The decryptors will allow victims ... Read more
October 9, 2019 Business Email Compromise Attacks Increased by 269% in Q2, 2019 Figures from Mimecast show there has been a sharp rise in business email compromise (BEC) attacks in Q2, 2019. Compared to Q1, 2019, BEC attacks ... Read more
October 2, 2019 U.S. Senate Passes Cybersecurity Legislation to Protect Infrastructure & Aid Recovery from Ransomware and Other Cyberattacks The U.S. Senate has passed a new bill – the DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act – that calls for the Department of Homeland ... Read more
September 26, 2019 New Links Between Sodinokibi and GandCrab Ransomware Discovered The threat actors behind the infamous and highly successful GandCrab ransomware operation announced their retirement earlier this year and shut down their operation. The gang ... Read more
September 24, 2019 58% of CISOs Believe Surviving a Data Breach Will Make Them More Attractive to Future Employers Data breaches are best avoided by Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) through the implementation of a strong cybersecurity framework, but should disaster strike it could ... Read more
September 20, 2019 Phishing Attack on Ramsey County Impacts 117,905 Individuals Ramsey County has revealed that a phishing attack that took place in August 2018 impacted a great many more individuals than first thought. The victim ... Read more
September 19, 2019 SMBs are Underestimating Damage Caused by a Cyberattack AppRiver has published the results of its Q3 Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey, which have revealed that SMBs are underestimating the consequences of a successful ... Read more
September 18, 2019 Emotet is Back in Action and Delivering TrickBot and Ryuk Ransomware It has been all quiet on the Emotet front for the past four months, but the infamous botnet is back with a vengeance. A large-scale ... Read more
September 4, 2019 43% of UK SMEs Have Experienced an Email Impersonation Attack in the Past 12 Months 43% of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom have experienced a business email compromise (BEC) or email impersonation attack in the ... Read more
September 2, 2019 Digital Extortion and Fileless Malware Attacks Have Soared in 1H, 2019 The first 6 months of 2019 have seen significant increases in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, ransomware attacks, and other forms of cyber extortion, according ... Read more
August 28, 2019 Multi-Factor Authentication Stops 99.9% of Automated Cyberattacks A new report from Microsoft suggests 99.9% of all automated cyberattacks on Microsoft platforms and other online services are blocked by multi-factor authentication, highlighting the ... Read more
August 21, 2019 Study Highlights Risk of Lateral Phishing Attacks Phishing is the use of impersonation to trick another person into disclosing sensitive information. Phishing can take place over the Internet, telephone, or via text ... Read more
August 19, 2019 Texas Ransomware Attack Affects 23 Government Agencies The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has issued a statement confirming the state has experienced a major ransomware incident that has affected multiple agencies. ... Read more
August 14, 2019 Xwo Web Scanner Used to Identify Unprotected MongoDB Databases Security researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have identified a new ‘malware’ variant that is being used to identify potential targets. The web scanner has been ... Read more
July 31, 2019 Capital One Data Breach Impacts 106 Million Customers: Hacker Arrested Capital One, the 7th largest U.S. commercial bank and the 5th largest credit card issuer in the United States, has announced it has recently suffered ... Read more
July 23, 2019 Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million to Settle Data Breach Case The massive data breach at the credit reporting firm Equifax in 2017 exposed the personal and financial information of 147 million Americans. The breach triggered ... Read more
July 23, 2019 AMCA Data Breach Total Nears 25 Million The number of healthcare providers confirmed to have been affected by the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) data breach has continued to grow over the ... Read more
July 12, 2019 Tennessee Hospice Phishing Attack may have Impacted Sensitive Data A provider of end-of-life care, palliative care, bereavement support and community education based in Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee has revealed that the email account ... Read more
July 5, 2019 TA505 Hacking Group Spam Campaigns Distributing Gelup Downloader and FlowerPippi Backdoor Several recent spam campaigns have been linked to the hacking group TA505. The campaigns distribute a malware downloader – AndroMut or Gelup – and the FlowerPippi backdoor. ... Read more
July 2, 2019 Phishing-as-a-Service Helping to Fuel Increase in Phishing Attacks If a task is time consuming or difficult, there is usually someone willing to offer it as a service. That can now be said of ... Read more
July 1, 2019 Second Major Florida Ransomware Attack Raises Ransom Total to $1.1 Million in a Month Two Florida cities suffered major ransomware attacks in the past month that wiped out their computer and phone systems. First came the news that Riviera ... Read more
June 26, 2019 California and Illinois Clinics Discover Ransomware Attacks Quantum Vision Centers and Eye Surgery Center patients located in Illinois are being contact to make them aware that some of their protected health information ... Read more
June 22, 2019 645,000 Clients of Oregon Department of Human Services Alerted Regarding Phishing Breach The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is making contact with 645,000 clients to advise them that some of their personal information may have been ... Read more
June 21, 2019 Florida City Pays $600,000 Ransom to Hackers for Keys to Unlock Encrypted Files A ransomware attack on the city of Riviera Beach in Florida has paralyzed the city’s computer system for more than 3 weeks and has caused ... Read more
June 21, 2019 MSP Remote Access Tools Abused to Deploy Ransomware on Client Networks Managed service providers (MSPs) are being warned about a spate of attacks that has seen hackers infiltrate MSP systems, compromise their remote management tools, and ... Read more
June 20, 2019 Radware Survey Reveals the 2019 Cost of a Cyberattack is now $4.6 Million A recent survey by Radware has confirmed there has been a significant increase in the cost of a cyberattack in 2019. The average cost of ... Read more
June 18, 2019 Free GandCrab Ransomware Decryptor Released for Versions 5.0 and 5.2 Bitdefender has released a decryption tool that can be used to recover files encrypted by all GandCrab ransomware variants, including 5.0 and 5.2. Three decryptors ... Read more