The best way to recover from a ransomware attack is to have a reliable ... have been tested to be free of infection. Execute your notification plan: Depending on your cyber incident response ...

There was a dramatic surge in ransomware attacks in 2023, with a 55% year-over-year increase. The total number of victims reached 5,070. This rise doesn’t tell the whole tale, though.

Qilin, the Russia-linked cybercrime group thought to be behind the June attacks that caused chaos at a number of U.K. hospitals in June, has now been caught stealing credentials stored within ...

Tom Pelham, Global Head of Cyber and Data, Arran Roberts, Partner, and Alexandra O'Hare, Senior Associate, at Kennedys, ...

In the last decade, corporate ransomware has raked in billions for organized online criminals. At RSAC, security expert Mikko Hypponen breaks down what the next 10 years will bring. When the IBM ...

New analysis from Symantec has revealed a significant increase in the number of ransomware attacks in the second quarter of 2024. The company's figures claimed criminal groups claimed 1,310 ...

Authorities in the United States have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory covering a prolific ransomware group, RansomHub. The group is believed to have “encrypted and exfiltrated” data from at ...

Organizations have been warned that a new ransomware gang has been responsible for hundreds of successful cyberattacks since February 2024. In an urgent joint advisory published August 29 ...

FRIDAY, Aug. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Rural hospitals – and their patients -- are particularly vulnerable to the aftershocks caused by ransomware attacks, a new study reports. “Ransomware ...

Security researchers have uncovered new double extortion ransomware with distinct links to the ALPHV/BlackCat variant and the Brutus botnet. Dubbed “Cicada3301” after an online cryptography game, the ...

The August 21 cyberattack on the US oilfield services contractor Halliburton is now feared to be a ransomware attack, according to an email reportedly sent to the company’s suppliers.

Firewalls and VPNs are being used as a point of entry for Iranian state-sponsored hackers, tracked as Pioneer Kitten, looking to gain access to American schools, banks, hospitals, defense sector ...