Ransomware
BlackCat Hacks Major U.S. Legal Platform
Legal technology platform Casepoint was allegedly hacked by a ransomware group called ALPHV/BlackCat and announced it has activated its incident response protocols. The attackers...
Employee Impersonates Ransomware Gang To Extort Employer
According to a press release published by the UK Southeast Regional Organized Crime Unit (SEROCU), an IT security analyst at an Oxford based company...
Five Cyber Attacks in One Day
A single day was all it took to breach five US organizations. According to recent reports, five separate US organization were attacked by cyber...
New Research Indicates Ransomware Attacks Resurgence
A recent report conducted by Black Kite, a cyber risk intelligence firm, provides detailed insights into ransomware attacks from April 2022 to March 2023....
Malware – Biggest Threat to Business
In 2022 alone, cyber criminals managed to access over 22 million devices and exposed over 720 million credentials.
The prevalence of botnets in raising these...
Government Organizations Warn of Royal Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued an alert to warn organizations of the increasing...
Ransomware As an Evergrowing Threat
Going into the future, ransomware is expected to pose an even bigger threat to organizations and individuals alike. Ransomware is an evolving threat to...
Cyber Criminals Earn Less as Victims Refuse to Pay
Researchers say that cyber-crime gangs have had a 40% drop in earnings as victims are refusing to pay ransoms. However, while there has been...
Quantity Over Quality in Cyber Crime
As opposed to launching one complex attack against companies and organizations, cyber criminals are looking into expanding their economic scale by simply attacking more...
US Hospital Attacked by Cyber Criminals Refuses Ransom
According to recent reports, a Pennsylvasia state healthcare provider has been attack by the ransomware cyber crime group BlackCat and they are refusing to...
Technion University Under Attack – Ransom Note Demands Millions
It has been reported that the Israeli Technion university has fallen victim to a cyber attacked conducted by the ransomware groups DarkBit. An email...
North Korean Hackers Use Ransomware to Fund Operations
North Korean state sponsored cyber criminals are carrying out ransomware attacks against healthcare and critical infrastructure to fund further operations, according to an official...
Hacking The Hackers – FBI Infiltrates Ransomware Group
The US Attorney General has announced on that the FBI has dismantled a network of prolific ransomware actors, saving close to 130 million dollars...
Cost of Living Crisis Leads to Rise in Cyber Threats
In 2023, the global economic outlook is expected to worsen and the cost-of-living crisis might provide cyber criminals with the perfect opportunity to increase...
Fake Text Messages on The Rise
Experts warn that financial scams have become more sophisticated and easier to perpetrate, ballooning into a billion-dollar industry.
Last year more than 239,000 scams worth...
How Do Ransomware Attacks Work?
Whether an employee accidentally opened a malicious email, or a security flaw was utilized, ransomware is reported on constantly by companies, organizations and individuals...
Top Cyber Security That Will Affect Organizations in 2023
According to Netwrix, these following cyber security trends will be key as we enter 2023:
Professional Cybercrime - an expansion of cybercrime for hire. In...
Metaverse Causes Concern Among Cyber Security Experts
Once digital property gains value in the virtual world, the risk of cyber-attacks, hacking, theft, ransomware and phishing will noticeably increase without proper cyber...
MIT Review Addresses Cyber Threats Within Deep Learning
Cybercrime is on the rise, and that isn’t a notion that can be disproven. During the first quarter of 2022 there were 404 publicly...
Infamous Ransomware Group Apologizes for Attack Against Children’s Hospital
One of the most infamous ransomware groups has recently issued a formal apology after it carried out an attack against Toronto’s Hospital for Sick...
Ransomware Attacks Are Back on The Rise – Why?
Researchers from NCC Group counted 198 successful ransomware campaigns in July – up 47 percent from June. Sharp as that incline may be, it...
Password Manager Gets Hacker, Encrypted Passwords Stolen
On August 25, 2022, LastPass published an official statement notifying customers that a third-party gained unauthorized access to portions of their development environment, source...
