Cybercrime
Commercial insurer CNA this week announced that it has fully restored its systems following a ransomware attack two months ago.
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Cybercrime
The notorious Hive successor ceases ransomware operations but pivots to pure data extortion under the new World Leaks brand.
Cybercrime
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: drug cartel hires hacker to identify FBI informants, prison time for Russian ransomware developer, ransomware...
Incident Response
Ransomware is a major threat to the enterprise. Tools and training help, but survival depends on one thing: your organization’s muscle memory to respond...
Data Breaches
A ransomware group has claimed the theft of millions of files from procurement service provider Chain IQ and 19 other companies.
Cybercrime
The police department in the nation’s capital has suffered a massive leak of internal information after refusing to meet the blackmail demands of Russian-speaking...
Cybercrime
Ireland’s health service shut down its IT systems on Friday after being targeted in what it called a “significant ransomware attack.”
Incident Response
Data breaches from 2020 show that not much has changed over the last year: businesses continue to struggle with the basics of securing web...
Cybercrime
Norway-based green energy solutions provider Volue has been working on restoring systems after being targeted in a ransomware attack.
Cybercrime
Following the ransomware attack that impacted the pipeline operated by Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline, security firms are providing detailed information on the cybercriminal gang behind...
Cybercrime
A Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate that stole data from the Washington, D.C., police department says negotiations over payment have broken down, with it rejecting a...
ICS/OT
After a ransomware attack forced Colonial Pipeline Company to proactively shut down operations of the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, the...
Cybercrime
Police Chief Will Cunningham came to work four years ago to find that his six-officer department was the victim of a crime.Hackers had taken...
ICS/OT
Operators of the Colonial Pipeline are struggling to get fuel flowing at normal capacity after a cyberattack forced a shutdown of distribution system, the largest refined...
Cybercrime
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an analysis of the FiveHands ransomware, roughly one week after FireEye’s Mandiant security researchers...
Cybercrime
In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber-insurance policies in France that reimburse customers for...
Application Security
A task force attached to the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) has released set of recommendations to combat the ransomware scourge currently hitting...
Malware & Threats
A zero-day vulnerability addressed by SonicWall in its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances earlier this year was exploited by a sophisticated and aggressive cybercrime...
Cybercrime
Following a wave of ransomware attacks, network-attached storage (NAS) appliance manufacturer QNAP Systems says it is urgently working on finding a solution to remove...
Cybercrime
The Justice Department is taking new aim at ransomware after a year that officials say was the most costly on record for the crippling...
Cybercrime
A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until...
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