Mass exploitation campaigns are the latest of many criminal innovations in 2023. Based on tracing ransom payments, they weren't very profitable. But ransomware actors do love their zero-days, said Allan Liska, principal intelligence analyst at Recorded Future.
A ransomware affiliate hacker known as "Bassterlord" has been involved with REvil, LockBit, Avaddon and Ransomware X. Jon DiMaggio, chief security strategist at Analyst1, convinced the hacker to talk about his hacking career in chats that might amount to the an exit interview.
A woman suing Lehigh Valley Health Network dropped her push for a court order requiring the medical center to pay ransomware hackers in exchange for their pledge to remove from the dark web partially naked exam room photos stolen during a hacking incident.
Organizations with a security-by-design approach need to go beyond being reactive to a proactive, offensive strategy to strengthen their security posture, says Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, member board of directors and chairman of the audit committee at Reserve Bank Innovation Hub.
Pre-RSA social media gaming predicted it. Many predicted they would loath it. And it happened: Discussions at this year's RSA conference again and again came back to generative artificial intelligence - but with a twist. Even some of the skeptics professed their conversion to the temple of AI.
The pandemic brought about notable shifts in technology and cybersecurity. It also widened the attack surface, making it bigger than ever before. This change is driven by factors such as hybrid workplaces, cloud migration and SaaS dependencies, according to SANS Institute's Ed Skoudis.
RTM Locker ransomware-as-a-service operators have now turned their attention to Linux, network-attached storage devices and ESXi hosts. The highly structured group appears to be using a new ransomware strain that shows traces of Babuk ransomware's leaked source code.
Point32Health, which provides health plans to millions of New Englanders and is Massachusetts' second-largest health insurer, is still struggling to recover 10 days after it identified a ransomware attack that forced the company to take many of its IT systems and functions offline.
An affiliate of the Russian-speaking Clop ransomware-as-a-service gang and the LockBit cybercrime group are each exploiting vulnerabilities in popular print management software. PaperCut began urging customers to update their software earlier this month after customer reports of suspicious activity.
Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. In the days between April 21 and April 27, the spotlight was on the arrest of a Ukrainian trafficker in stolen data, a U.S. Navy shipbuilder and incidents in Canada, India and Kenya.
OT attacks have doubled. Mark Cristiano, global commercial director of cybersecurity services at Rockwell Automation, discusses how organizations can develop a strategic approach to OT security that aligns with their risk profile, cyber maturity and ability to absorb change.
The United Kingdom should augment its cryptocurrency asset seizure abilities as part of an effort to combat ransomware and other cybercrime, a parliamentary panel heard. The rate of seizures is not commensurate with the level of crypto adoption, said Aidan Larkin, CEO of Asset Reality.
The dark web is an ideal platform for planning dangerous crimes, which is why India's state of Kerala has coordinated cybersecurity experts and law enforcement officials, said Manoj Abraham, additional director general of police for the Government of Kerala.
She's been assistant general counsel at the CIA and undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security. She is on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. Now an adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Suzanne Spaulding will keynote at RSA Conference 2023. Her topic: ransomware.
In the days between April 14 and April 20, the spotlight was on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a ransomware attack on American payments firm NCR, German automotive and arms producer Rheinmetall, state agencies in the Philippines, Indian rental platform RentoMojo, and Point32Health.
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