Enlarge / US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo attend a plenary session of a NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, on June 14, 2021. President Joe Biden has warned that cyberattacks could escalate into […]
Category: ransomware
Haron and BlackMatter are the latest groups to crash the ransomware party
Getty Images July has so far ushered in at least two new ransomware groups. Or maybe they’re old ones undergoing a rebranding. Researchers are in the process of running down several different theories. Both groups say they are aiming for big-game targets, meaning corporations or other large businesses with the […]
Phishing attacks get smarter as targets struggle to keep up
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Phishing attacks are on the rise and getting more sophisticated, with embattled IT professionals reporting their organizations are more vulnerable than ever, according to a survey Ivanti released this week. Survey respondents said the global shift to remote […]
Saudi Aramco confirms data leak after $50 million cyber ransom demand
Enlarge / The Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant, operated by Saudi Aramco, in Hawiyah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, June 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, confirmed on Wednesday that some of its company files had been leaked via a contractor, after a […]
Kaseya gets master decryptor to help customers still suffering from REvil attack
Kaseya—the remote management software seller at the center of a ransomware operation that struck as many as 1,500 downstream networks—said it has obtained a decryptor that should successfully restore data encrypted during the Fourth of July weekend attack. Affiliates of REvil, one of the Internet’s most cutthroat ransomware groups, exploited […]
Kaseya hack floods hundreds of companies with ransomware – TechCrunch
On Friday, a flood of ransomware hit hundreds of companies around the world. A grocery store chain, a public broadcaster, schools, and a national railway system were all hit by the file-encrypting malware, causing disruption and forcing hundreds of businesses to close. The victims had something in common: a key […]
What does it take to recover a ransom?
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Today is Sunday, and there has been yet another ransomware attack. Ransomware is a daily affair, and its impacts are growing increasingly detrimental with each attack. Despite this, the cybersecurity industry continues with […]
Supply chain attack on Kaseya infects hundreds with ransomware: What we know
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. A ransomware gang has successfully encrypted the files of more than 200 businesses after compromising a remote IT monitoring and management tool as part of a supply chain attack. It is not yet […]
New ACH rule requires enterprises to obscure financial transfer data
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. When it comes to most financial transactions in the United States, the National Automated Clearing House Association, known as Nacha, makes the rules. Specifically, the association acts as the governing body for the […]
A week after arrests, Cl0p ransomware group dumps new tranche of stolen data
A week after Ukrainian police arrested criminals affiliated with the notorious Cl0p ransomware gang, Cl0p has published a fresh batch of what’s purported to be confidential data stolen in a hack of a previously unknown victim. Ars won’t be identifying the possibly victimized company until there is confirmation that the […]