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Ransomware
Why are there so many data breaches? A growing industry of criminals is brokering in stolen data
New details have emerged on the severity of the Medibank hack, which has now affected all users.
Optus, Medibank, Woolworths, and, last Friday, electricity provider Energy Australia are all now…
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Mimecast’s State of Ransomware Readiness Report 2022, CIOSEA News, ETCIO SEA
With ransomware continuing to wreak havoc across the region, Singapore has made a great move by forming an inter-agency task force to help businesses as well as research and educational institutions…
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MercyOne employees share concerns about paychecks due to ransomware attack
MercyOne said it is addressing payroll issues that stemmed from a cyberattack.A ransomware attack on MercyOne's former parent company CommonSpirit has taken its payroll software offline. Last…
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What Hurricane Preparedness Can Teach Us About Ransomware
Each year between June and November, many parts of the U.S. become potential targets for hurricanes. In October 2022, we had Hurricane Ian devastate Florida. To prepare for…
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Vice Society Hackers Are Behind Several Ransomware Attacks Against Education Sector
A cybercrime group known as Vice Society has been linked to multiple ransomware strains in its malicious campaigns aimed at the education, government, and retail sectors.
The Microsoft Security…
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Ukraine Warns of Cuba Ransomware Attacks
The Ukrainian authorities have posted information warning of a new ransomware campaign against organizations in the war-torn country.
In a brief notice, the Ukrainian CERT said it had discovered…
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Book Review: ‘The Ransomware Hunting Team,’ by Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden
THE RANSOMWARE HUNTING TEAM: A Band of Misfits’ Improbable Crusade to Save the World From Cybercrime, by Renee Dudley and Daniel GoldenIn May, the president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, announced…
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Ukraine war cuts ransomware as Kremlin co-opts hackers
The Ukraine war has helped reduce global ransomware attacks by 10pc in the last few months, a British cybersecurity company has said.
Criminal hacking gangs, usually engaged in corporate ransomware…
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Ransomware sentence indicative of cross-border cooperation in enforcement of white-collar crimes
A United States court recently sentenced a Canadian citizen to 20 years in prison for his participation in the NetWalker ransomware attacks. The case displays the coordination of law enforcement…
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