Top news of the week: 04.05.2021.
Threats And Attacks
Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered a new strain of malware that is believed to be part of the arsenal of theUS Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has ...
U.S. government probes VPN hack within federal agencies, races to find clues
For at least the third time since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government is investigating a hack against federal agencies that began during the Trump administration but was only ...
Ransomware attacks on healthcare
How to avoid ransomware attacks like those targeting healthcare institutions.
Five years on: How Petya ransomware changed cybersecurity forever
Five years after Petya, Webroot's Nick Emanuel looks at the mechanics of ransomware and how it has changed since Petya's inception, and the practical impacts the malware has had on the ...
Only 8% of businesses that paid a ransom got all of their data back
The average total cost of recovery from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in a year, the average ransom paid is $170,404.
Multi-Gov Task Force Plans to Take Down the Ransomware Economy
A coalition of 60 global entities (including the DoJ) has proposed a sweeping plan to hunt down and disrupt ransomware gangs by going after their financial operations.
Cloud Threats Memo: Beware Outsourced Cyber Attacks and Compromised Credentials
The trove of 1.3 million RDP credentials leaked recently is yet again proof that, In the underground economy, initial access brokerage is a flourishing market. Cybercriminals are ...
UK rail network Merseyrail hit by ransomware gang
UK rail network Merseyrail was hit by a cyberattack, ransomware operators breached the corporate email system to disclose the attack to employees and journalists. UK rail network ...