ransomware
38% of consumers affected by ransomware pay up
Consumers are increasingly being targeted with ransomware, and many of them are paying up, according to Trustlook. Since the beginning of 2016, ransomware has gone from a …
15 new ransomware decryption tools added to No More Ransom
Nine months after the launch of the No More Ransom (NMR) project, an ever-growing number of law enforcement and private partners have joined the initiative, allowing more …
45% of large British businesses sustained a successful ransomware attack
Over a third of British businesses (36 percent) are not very confident that efforts to completely eradicate a recent ransomware attack from work systems have been successful. …
European companies hit with highly customizable ransomware
Panda Security researchers have been following and analyzing ransomware attacks that have been targeting European business for a few months now, and have tied them to the same …
Number of compromised records up 566% in 2016
The number of records compromised grew a historic 566 percent in 2016 from 600 million to more than 4 billion. These leaked records include data cybercriminals have …
Organizations still vulnerable to brute force attacks
While increases in malware are clearly a major threat to both enterprises and service providers, network complexity is creating its own vulnerability, according to Ixia. The …
Organizations hit with Petya ransomware with a twist
Various organizations are being targeted by cyber crooks leveraging the infamous Petya ransomware. A modified Petya version inside a Trojan But victims will have a difficult …
Cyber espionage topping the list of largest security concerns
20 percent of global organizations rank cyber espionage as the most serious threat to their business, with 26 percent struggling to keep up with the rapidly evolving threat …
Android devices delivered to employees with pre-installed malware
A test of Android devices used in two unnamed companies revealed that 38 of them were infected with malware before being delivered to the employees. These were smartphones by …
Catch emerging strains of ransomware with RansomFree
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Yoel Eilat, Senior Product Manager at Cybereason, talks about RansomFree – the free, anti-ransomware protection …
Fighting attackers in the era of data jacking
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Zohar Alon, CEO at Dome9 Security, talks about how attackers can compromise systems with valuable data that are either on-prem …
Ransomware spiked 752% in new families
2016 was truly the year of online extortion. Cyber threats reached an all-time high, with ransomware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams gaining increased popularity …
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