As the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfolds, experts are urging American businesses to double down on their cybersecurity protocols. In mid-February, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an advisory to U.S. organizations to put their “shields up” as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalate. The shields up initiative encourages organizations of all sizes to […]
Three Takeaways For Business Leaders From The Front Lines Of A Cyberattack Mickey BresmanForbes Councils MemberForbes Business Council Co-founder of Semperis. Leads the company’s overall strategic vision and implementation. “Since its inception in 2014, my team has been on the front lines many times, helping companies combat cyberattacks that target identity systems such as Microsoft’s Active […]
Watch out for your email inbox because one of the biggest ransomware botnets is back By Dave James “After being taken down by Microsoft and the Pentagon ahead of the 2020 presidential election, the group behind Trickbot is up and running again. The Russian-speaking ransomware group taken down by Microsoft and the Pentagon last year is back up […]
Phishing, Ransomware Driving Wave of Data Breaches by Nathan Eddy on July 12, 2021 “Data compromises have increased every month this year except May. If that trend continues, or even if there is only an average of 141 new compromises per month for the next six months, the total will still exceed the previous high of 1,632 […]
by Brandon Vigliarolo in Security on July 9, 2021, 8:04 AM PST “Cybersecurity training company KnowBe4 reports that the number of employees likely to fall for phishing emails drops dramatically with proper instruction on how to recognize an attack. A new study from cybersecurity training and phishing simulation company KnowBe4 found that one in three untrained users were likely […]
The ransomware landscape continues to thrive. Incident volumes, average ransom demands—these factors and more are increasing. The menace of Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) affiliate models makes it easy for threat actors to scale their operations and target any industry or business regardless of size. In fact, these attacks can devastate even the largest global conglomerates. And ransomware […]
by Esther Shein “IT and OT environments are increasing targets and threat actors are using Dark Web forums to launch cybercrimes, according to Accenture’s 2021 Cyber Threat Intelligence report. It’s hardly surprising that threat actors are pervasive and aggressive, but a new report finds in the first half of 2021, they have been testing new […]
By Dave James “After being taken down by Microsoft and the Pentagon ahead of the 2020 presidential election, the group behind Trickbot is up and running again. The Russian-speaking ransomware group taken down by Microsoft and the Pentagon last year is back up and running and ready to infect a whole new tranche of machines. […]