Malware September 9, 2021

LockBit 2.0: Ransomware attacks surge after successful affiliate recruitment

7 min read - After a brief slowdown in activity from the LockBit ransomware gang following increased attention from law enforcement, LockBit is back with a new affiliate program, improved payloads and a change in infrastructure. According to IBM X-Force, a major spike in…

Zero Trust May 25, 2021

Try These Best Practices to Counter Common Cybersecurity Risks

5 min read - Since the beginning of the pandemic, ransomware and other cyber attacks have spiked. Meanwhile, millions of people have shifted from working in offices to working remotely. Organizations are increasingly relying on video conferencing, virtual private networks (VPNs) and remote desktop…

Advanced Threats April 30, 2021

3 Ransomware Threats in 2021 and How to Protect Against Them

4 min read - I’m sure I’m not the only one who expected the world to magically get back to normal — whatever that is — when the ball dropped on 2021. After seeing a rise in threats last year, no more ransomware, or…

Software Vulnerabilities April 23, 2021

Health Care Ransomware Strains Have Hospitals in the Crosshairs

5 min read - The language of digital attacks shares a lot with the language of disease: ‘viruses’ ‘infect’ computers, and stopping their spread can be like trying to keep down a contagious disease. The two worlds also come together when threat actors attack…

Risk Management April 16, 2021

Ransomware Attacks in 2021: Information Meets Emotion

4 min read - “If you want to go quickly, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together.” This African proverb opens the Sophos 2021 Threat Report, and in view of recent cybersecurity events, its meaning is very important when it…

Data Protection April 9, 2021

New Ransomware Threats Are Getting Bolder: How to Rewrite the Script

4 min read - Greater exposure is both good news and bad news when it comes to new ransomware threats. While ransomware attacks themselves are never good news, it is a positive sign that these attacks are receiving more media attention, such as the…

News March 31, 2021

REvil Ransomware Gang Tells All About Alliances, Revenue

2 min read - The threat actors behind the REvil ransomware strain claim they bring in annual revenues of over $100 million. Inside the Lucrative REvil Gang A spokesperson for Sodinokibi REvil ransomware disclosed the haul in an October interview on a YouTube and…

Network August 4, 2020

6 Ransomware Trends You Should Watch for in 2020

7 min read - A ransomware infection can have a significant financial impact on an organization. American digital security and data backup firm Datto found that ransomware is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. Part of that financial impact results from downtime…

May 18, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: WannaCry Dominated Ransomware Detections in Q1 2020

3 min read - Security researchers revealed that WannaCry dominated their ransomware detections in the first quarter of 2020. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

April 20, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: IoT Botnet Assembled by New Mozi Malware Family

3 min read - Researchers revealed that a new malware family called Mozi is in the process of building an IoT botnet. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.