Vectra, today disclosed that cybercriminals’ most effective weapon in a ransomware attack is the network itself, which enables the malicious encryption of shared files on network servers, especially files stored in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud providers.Read More…
Attackers continue to push the boundaries with modular trojans and ransomware attacks, a new report found. With the number of sophisticated cyberincidents continuing to grow, ransomware-based attacks in particular are on the rise in 2019, researchers said. Ransomware trojan-based infections jutted up from 9 percent in the fourth quarter ofRead More…
ResiDex software has suffered a ransomware attack, impacting its IT systems and server infrastructure. The company subsequently launched an investigation which did not identify any personal information and/or protected health information being compromised.Read More…
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced the findings of its latest quarterly Global Threat Landscape Report. The research reveals that cybercriminals continue to evolve the sophistication of their attack methods, from tailored ransomware and custom coding for some attacks, to living-off-the-land (LoTL) or sharingRead More…
A new ransomware called MegaCortex has been discovered, that targets corporate networks and workstations on them. Once a network is penetrated, attackers infect the entire network by distributing the ransomware using Windows domain controllers. In a new report, Sophos, a global leader in endpoint and network security, has stated thatRead More…
ESET recently announced that it has joined hands with No More Ransom, an international initiative between Europol, the Dutch National Police and major cybersecurity organizations in the fight against ransomware.Read More…
Out of all the new malicious files detected in 2018, the amount that turned out to be backdoors rose by 44%, while the volume of ransomware increased by 43%. One in three (30.01%) computers encountered at least one online malicious threat in 2018.Read More…
One and a half years after its epidemic, WannaCry ransomware tops the list of the most widespread cryptor families and the ransomware has attacked 74,621 unique users worldwide. These attacks accounted for 28.72% of all users targeted by cryptors in Q3 2018.Read More…
