In total, 189 ransomware families were identified Bitdefender has released its November Threat Debrief, a monthly series analysing threat news, trends, and research from the previous month. It includes a Ransomware Report highlighting the top ransomware families detected, as well as the top countries affected including Australia, and the top trojans…
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Following ransomware disruption The AFP is urging victims of cybercrime to report ransomware attempts following the disruption of a dangerous ransomware group. Operation Orcus – a multi-agency ransomware taskforce established by the AFP – received a request from the Dutch National Police last month (September 2022) for assistance in investigating…
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Researchers also saw a 4 per cent rise in attacks targeting municipalities The number of ransomware attacks has increased dramatically over the past year and businesses remain the no.1 target, according to the most recent Threat Spotlight from Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions. Analysing 106 highly publicised attacks across the globe, including Southeast Asia between August 2021…
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Former General Motors CISO Rich Armour said the dark web has been quiet on the attack so far. Toyota Motor said it will suspend domestic factory operations on the first of March. According Reuters despite the potentially losing around 13,000 cars of output, the shutdown was necessary after a supplier of…
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Law enforcement fights back. A new OT/IoT security trends report from Nozomi Networks Labs finds that while ransomware and Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) attacks continued to dominate cybercriminal activity in the second half of 2021, there was a slight uptick in state-sponsored actions as global tensions rise. Critical infrastructure…
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Indications that the Russian-language ransomware forum is warming to English and Mandarin-speaking threat actors. There has been an increase in recent weeks of Mandarin and Chinese-speaking threat actors on RAMP as well as other illicit communities across the deep and dark web. There are indications that the Russian-language ransomware forum…
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Top emerging risk facing organisations. The threat of “new ransomware models” was the top concern facing executives in the third quarter of 2021, according to Gartner, Inc.’s latest Emerging Risks Monitor Report. Concerns about ransomware topped pandemic-related concerns, including supply chain disruptions, according to the survey of 294 senior executives across…
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Attacks spike 64 per cent in last year. The frequency of ransomware attacks has increased dramatically over the past year, with most of these costly attacks targeting businesses, according to a new study from Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions. In the past 12 months…
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More than one third of organisations worldwide have experienced a ransomware attack or breach Ransomware has become the enemy of the day and the threat that was first feared on Pennsylvania Avenue and subsequently detested on Wall Street is now the topic of conversation of organisations around the globe. According to Frank…
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9,080 cases handled by CSA’s SingCERT in 2020, marking second consecutive year of increase. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) released its Singapore Cyber Landscape (SCL) 2020 publication today, revealing an increase in cyber threats such as ransomware and online scams in 2020. CSA’s SingCERT (Singapore Computer Emergency Response…
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