Since Friday afternoon, Mark Loman of Sophos has been immersed in studying the scope and impact of the ransomware attack spread through Kaseya VSA's remote management platform. And he's learned enough about it to say without reservation: This the largest ransomware attack he's seen.
In its latest quarterly fraud and payments report, Outseer notes a 58% increase in brand abuse - a trend that's only going to grow, says COO Jim Ducharme. He analyzes this and other fraud trends, including how to reduce fraud without compromising user experience.
A House subcommittee is considering a slate of nine bills designed to improve cybersecurity practices in the telecommunications supply chains that support wireless networks.
Failure to take basic security steps - such as avoiding using end-of-life software and default passwords - can create serious national security risks, CISA stresses. The agency is in the early stages of developing a catalog of "bad practices" that should be avoided.
REvil, aka Sodinokibi, is one of today's most notorious - and profitable - ransomware operations, driven by highly skilled affiliates who share profits with the operators. And the operators are constantly improving the malware, including porting it to Linux to target network-attached storage and hypervisors.
In the latest weekly update, a panel of Information Security Media Group editors discusses key topics, including cybersecurity trends for the second half of the year, IoT device security and the planned security features for Windows 11.
Google says it's investigating how a text advertisement was injected into SMS messages containing two-step verification security codes. The text advertisement contained a link that redirected to a VPN product from antivirus vendor Avira.
At least seven companies with annual revenue of over $1 billion have been hit so far this year by Hades ransomware, according to an Accenture Security report.
This edition of the ISMG Security Report features a discussion about why the head of Britain's National Cyber Security Center says the No. 1 cyber risk is not nation-state attackers but ransomware-wielding criminals. Also featured: Western Digital IoT flaws; an FBI agent tracks cybersecurity trends.
Join our discussions as we talk with cyber industry experts and leaders about the various elements of the WHEO and how we can collectively work to elevate our nation’s cybersecurity posture.
The NSA, the FBI and other U.S. government agencies are tracking an ongoing Russian cyberespionage campaign in which attackers are using brute-force methods to access Office 365 and other cloud-based services.
Some 700 million records of LinkedIn users have reportedly been offered for sale on a hacker forum. The social media platform, and several security experts, say that the offering stems from the "scraping" of records from websites and not a data breach.
The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada acknowledged it had been the victim of a cyberattack after a newspaper discovered stolen data had been posted on the darknet site of ransomware-as-a-service gang REvil.
The CISO/board relationship is a hot topic and Selim Aissi has a unique perspective. Besides serving as a board member on several organizations, he has been regularly reporting to the private and public company boards in his role as CISO. So he knows exactly what CISOs should be conveying - and how.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a Ransomware Readiness Assessment audit tool to help organizations size up their ability to defend against and recover from attacks.
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