Analyzing Identity Risks (AIR) 2022 is a statistical analysis of every Identity Risk Assessment that Illusive conducted during 2021 and includes real-world examples of how these identity risks manifest.
Discover the growing use of identity-based attack tactics in ransomware and other cyberattacks and also what you...
Hackers maliciously encrypted a system belonging to the U.S. Marshals Service, compromising and exfiltrating sensitive data law enforcement data. "The system was disconnected shortly and the Department of Justice initiated a forensic investigation," said an agency spokesman.
The industrial control system (ICS)/operational technology (OT) security community is seeing attacks that go beyond traditional attacks on enterprise networks. Adversaries in critical infrastructure networks have illustrated knowledge of control system components, industrial protocols, and engineering operations. From...
Your adversary usually relies on stealth, getting in and out without leaving a trace. Ransomware would seem to be the exact opposite. It is designed to be 100% visible to the victim: a ransom note, and an inaccessible computer. But this is only true about the attack payload.
The key to stopping ransomware isn’t...
Healthcare last year was the most attacked sector within critical infrastructure, David Scott, deputy assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division, told a Scottish cybersecurity conference. The bureau in 2022 received 870 complaints showing indicators of a critical infrastructure ransomware attack.
The Asia-Pacific region had the dubious distinction of being the global region that faced the most cyberattacks during 2022, as observed by IBM's threat intelligence platform. IBM says the region accounted for 31% of all incidents monitored during 2022.
Federal authorities are urging the healthcare sector to ratchet up defenses against potential assaults by Russian-linked Clop on the heels of the ransomware-as-a-service group's recent alleged mass attacks exploiting a vulnerability in vendor Fortra's secure file transfer software GoAnyWhere MFT.
It all started at the end of July 2018, following a fire in an electrical substation that led to a power outage for citizens and a major train station in Paris. Because of the time of year, RTE, the manager of France’s electrical infrastructure, found itself in the middle of a controversy about its responsiveness....
Cybercrime experts have long urged victims to never pay a ransom in return for any promise an attacker makes to delete stolen data. That's because, as a recent case highlights, whatever extortionists might promise, stolen personal data is lucrative, and it often gets sold six ways from Sunday.
A Russian national accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of developing an application for decrypting login credentials pleaded not guilty during a first appearance in Tampa federal court. The man, Dariy Pankov, faces seven criminal counts, including conspiracy, access device fraud and computer fraud.
Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in the world of digital assets. This week, we look at incidents at Hope Finance, decentralized finance firm new malware demanding crypto and a phishing campaign aimed at Coinbase.
The Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed that records containing mental health data and other sensitive information of about 2,000 students, including 60 current pupils, were among data leaked in a ransomware attack last fall by Russian hacking group Vice Society.
Five proposed class action lawsuits have been filed so far in the wake of a California medical group's Feb. 1 report of a ransomware attack last December affecting more than 3.3 million individuals. The incident is the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far this year.
The newly relaunched HardBit 2.0 ransomware group is now demanding victims disclose details of their cyber insurance coverage before negotiating a ransom demand. The group, which has been active since 2022, has demanded that one victim pay $10 million in ransom, according to researchers at Varonis.
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