BREAKING DOWN THE NEW TRENDS IN ONLINE EXTORTION THREATS
Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing threats in cybersecurity, with damages predicted to crest $20 billion globally by 2021, up from "only" $345 million* in 2015.
This paper explains the evolution of ransomware by breaking down the new trends in online...
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Organizations today have a wealth of security tools available to them but many struggle to take full advantage of the technology they have. Too often, this results in a damaging breach that could have been avoided if their solutions had been configured and updated properly or if detections had been noticed and acted...
The Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday released its fifth and final report on Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election, providing more details on how Russian hackers resided on Democratic National Commitee servers for months and citing shortcomings in the FBI's investigation.
State and local governments are better equipped to ensure election security than they were four years ago, says Christopher Krebs, director of CISA, who calls on election officials to serve as "risk managers." His comments came at ISMG's Cybersecurity Virtual Summit.
Two recent ransomware incidents that targeted companies serving healthcare organizations highlight an emerging vendor risk management challenge in the sector.
The emerging cloud-delivered service model known as security access service edge, or SASE, is designed to help simplify security for remote access, says Sean Duca of Palo Alto Networks, who explains how the model works.
Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise ship company, is investigating a ransomware attack that likely compromised customer and employee data, according its filing with the SEC. It's the company's second security incident this year.
Copycats using well-known threat actor names, such as Fancy Bear and Armada Collective, are launching extortion campaigns tied to distributed denial-of-service attacks against financial institutions, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence Research Team.
Ransomware gangs continue to see bigger payoffs from their ransom-paying victims, driven by "big-game hunting," data exfiltration and smaller players seeking larger returns, according to ransomware incident response firm Coveware.
Security controls can be considered as speed bumps and roadblocks to a good customer experience. But with a thoughtful identity management workflow, the opposite is true - security can even enable innovation.
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A hacking group dubbed "CatusPete" is now using a revamped backdoor called Bisonal to target banks and military organizations in Eastern Europe, according to Kaspersky. Security analysts have previously tied the group to China.
The Canadian government is investigating two credential-stuffing incidents that affected some of the country's most essential services, including taxation, healthcare, welfare benefits and immigration.
Scammers have reportedly been putting one over on customers of the famous Ritz London, which says it is "aware of a potential data breach within our food and beverage reservation system, which may have compromised some of our clients' personal data." No payment card data was exposed, it says.
After a data breach, organizations should use artificial intelligence to help combat fraud, says Jim Van Dyke, CEO at the security firm Breach Clarity, who offers strategic insights.
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