Especially for healthcare organizations, repelling ransomware attacks hinges on having robust monitoring and defenses in place to spot the signs of an unfolding attack and shut it down before crypto-locking malware gets unleashed, says Peter Mackenzie, director of incident response at Sophos.
Hackers, possibly North Korea's Lazarus Group, are behind a campaign that socially engineers cryptocurrency traders into opening an Excel spreadsheet loaded with a malicious macro. Pyongyang hackers specialize in cryptocurrency theft as the regime seeks hard currency to fuel weapons development.
What really makes a “strong” password? And why are you and your end-users continually tortured by them? How do hackers crack your passwords with ease? And what can/should you do to improve your organization’s authentication methods?
Password complexity, length, and rotation requirements are the bane of IT...
Before the newly spotted AxLocker ransomware crypto-locks systems, it steals Discord tokens, which can be sold on cybercrime markets. Among Discord's many users are cryptocurrency and NFT enthusiasts, and experts say the stolen credentials facilitate attempts to socially engineer them.
User education is vital to boosting the detection rate of phishing emails or social engineering scams that could lead to data breaches or ransomware infestations. Technology alone can't make websites or email inboxes safe since both are business-critical for all users, says ID Agent's Amelia Paro.
Cyberattackers love to strike on weekends and holidays - that's not news. What is news: These attacks cost more than weekday incidents, and they take a heavy toll on defenders. Cybereason's Sam Curry shares insight from the new study "Organizations at Risk: Ransomware Attackers Don’t Take Holidays."
Cybercrime is always evolving as threat actors find new ways to infiltrate organizations, steal money, and cause damage. So what should you prepare for in 2023?
Join this webinar with Crane Hassold, Director of Threat Intelligence at Abnormal Security, where he’ll dive into the trends we saw in 2022 and provide...
The shift to remote work during COVID-19 has prompted hackers to dramatically boost phishing attacks. The pandemic has led to users reading more corporate email on personal devices and opening messages while distracted by children or pets, increasing the chances they'll click on something malicious.
Digital twins provide a powerful capability for the emulation of networks, enabling data-driven decision making processes. Modern threat deception and network digital twins can accurately model the impact of cyberattacks, as well as analysis, system testing and hardening, and training for each threat scenario.
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Insider threats have risen 44% over the past two years. These threats can extend to a number of roles from temporary workers and contract staff to IT administrators, individual contributors, lawyers, auditors, third-party contractors, and employees both current and past... all of them can turn into a malicious...
A Georgia-based home health and hospice provider will pay $425,000 to Massachusetts to settle litigation stemming from a 2020 breach affecting about 166,000 individuals nationwide. The agreement comes shortly after Aveanna Healthcare settled a proposed class action lawsuit in federal district court.
Deception technology seems to be oriented towards high-maturity organizations, but the truth is it can offer security benefits to almost any size of company. Nowadays, even small or local businesses are targeted by threat actors. Even worse, these businesses are often less prepared and have fewer recourses when it...
When you break down a cyber attack, you find patterns and actions that are commonplace. Deception technology can halt threat actors at every stage, even pre-breach and during lateral movement and help you fight cyber attacks, every step of the way.
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In 2021, there was a 1,318% increase in ransomware attacks among financial services from both internal and external attacks. Growing cyber fraud, a mobile attack surface, the emergence of cryptocurrency, and a move toward third-party payment partners—all create new cybersecurity challenges that demand powerful...
A French-speaking gang codenamed "Opera1er" has been tied to the theft of at least $11 million from dozens of victims - mainly banks in Africa - and remains "active and dangerous," cybersecurity researchers warn, as they release indicators of compromise to help potential victims protect themselves.
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