The Business (and Success) of Ransomware Explained as a Simple Funnel
The rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service has given rise to a number of more successful groups who have their “business” down to a simple exercise of playing...
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Verizon: Ransomware Involved in 25% of Data Breaches as Credentials and Phishing are Seen as “Key Paths” for Attack Success
With the much-anticipated annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report finally released, we get a view of ransomware from the data breach perspective that points to...
Ransomware Attack Volume Increases by 18% As the Number of Variants Jumps to 34 in Only One Quarter
A new report reviewing ransomware activity in 2021 shows an impressive uptick in the number of targeted attacks in Q4 of 2021 to 772 as...
Number of Phishing Attacks Hits an All-Time High in 2021, Tripling That of Early 2020
New data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group shows cybercriminals are stepping on the gas, focusing phishing attacks on credential theft and response-based scams. originally published...
QakBot Banking Trojan Evolves and Now Takes Over Email Conversations to Spread Malware
As if stealing all your credentials, cookies, and email wasn’t bad enough, this new version of QakBot inserts itself into your emails, impersonating you to...
[Heads Up] New Evil Ransomware Feature: Disk Wiper if You Don’t Pay
There is a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) strain called LokiLocker, researchers at Blackberry warn. The malware uses rare code obfuscation and includes a file wiper component...
Ransomware-Related Data Leaks Increase 82% as the Number of Cybercriminal Groups Nearly Triples
New insight into the state of the attacks and threats paints a picture where the cybercriminals are growing in number, sophistication and successes, while victims...
Backups Become the Focus as Three-Fourths of Organizations Experienced Ransomware Attacks
New data puts the spotlight on how most organizations unable to completely recover their data after a ransomware attack, making the case for better data...
[Eye Opener] Ukraine Is Now Being Hit With 4 Different Strains Of Wiper Malware
Newly discovered data-destroying malware was found this week in attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations and deleting data across systems on compromised networks. “This new malware erases...
Up and To the Right: Ransomware Attacks Grow by 105% in 2021
New data from Sonicwall shows the numbers of nearly every type of attack growing in 2021, with concerns by organizations about attacks and their aftermath...