There was a significant increase in ransomware-related data leaks and interactive intrusions in 2021, according to the 2022 Global Threat Report released on Tuesday by endpoint security firm CrowdStrike.
Ransomware attacks have increased in volume, sophistication and ransom demanded consistently over the last few years. According to published records, the education and retail industries are the most targeted.
A ransomware group has taken credit for the recent attack targeting aviation services company Swissport, and the cybercriminals claim to have stolen more than one terabyte of data.
Proofpoint’s security researchers have taken a deep dive into the activity of TA2541, a threat actor targeting the aerospace, aviation, defense, manufacturing and transportation sectors for years.
The BlackByte ransomware has been used in attacks on at least three critical infrastructure sectors in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) warn in a joint advisory.
A sophisticated botnet named FritzFrog has returned after a long break with new capabilities, and researchers believe it may be linked to Chinese threat actors.
The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team’s financial data.
Adobe released an emergency advisory on Sunday to inform Commerce and Magento users of a critical zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in attacks.
Spanish authorities this week announced they arrested eight individuals that were part of a fraud ring that employed SIM swapping to compromise bank accounts.
The suspects used phishing and impersonation to obtain the personal information of potential victims and then proceeded to take over online banking accounts to steal money.
U.S. senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) this week introduced a legislative package whose goal is to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and government networks.
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