Cybereason has published results from a global study of organisations that had suffered a ransomware attack on a holiday or weekend. The study highlights an ongoing disconnect between the increased risk organisations face from ransomware attacks that occur on holidays and weekends and their readiness to handle them, as year-over-year,Read More…
Trellix has released The Threat Report: November 2022 from its Advanced Research Center, home to the world’s most elite security researchers and intelligence experts. The latest report analyses cybersecurity trends from the third quarter of 2022. “Threat actors continued to make headlines in Q3 2022 and at Trellix, we deliveredRead More…
A new report from Dragos, examining threats to industrial systems, found that ransomware continues to be one of the most threatening financial and operational risks to industrial organizations worldwide during the third quarter of 2022. “Dragos monitors and analyzes the activities of 48 different ransomware groups that target industrial organizationsRead More…
To mark Antimalware Day this year, Juan Manuel Harán from ESET rounds up some of the most pressing issues for cybersecurity now and in the future Read More…
Trend Micro has predicted that ransomware groups will increasingly target Linux servers and embedded systems over the coming years. The latest Trend Micro 2022 Midyear Roundup Report recorded a double-digit year-on-year (YoY) increase in attacks on these systems in H1 2022. Detection of attacks from ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) surged in theRead More…
Ransomware remains a top cyber risk for organizations globally while business email compromise incidents are on the rise and will increase further in the ‘deep fake’ era. At the same time, the war in Ukraine and wider geopolitical tensions are a major concern as hostilities could spill over into cyberRead More…
Of the organizations surveyed that paid the ransom, the average cost was $2,036,189—more than double the cross-sector average of $812,360 Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production,” which found that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors—$2,036,189Read More…
Trend Micro research reveals supply chains are key source of risk Trend Micro has revealed that 86% of global healthcare organizations (HCOs) that have been compromised by ransomware suffered operational outages. Most (57%) global HCOs admit being compromised by ransomware over the past three years, according to the study. OfRead More…
