The Hive ransomware-as-a-service group says it posted customer data obtained during a November attack against French sports retailer Intersport. The U.S. federal government estimates the group has attacked more than 1,300 companies worldwide, collecting about $100 million in ransom payments.
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.
This week's edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses the mistakes enterprises commonly make when building ransomware defenses, the cybersecurity capabilities being built by the U.S. Department of Energy, and the first female CEO at Securonix - one of only a handful in the vendor community.
Patients of at least seven hospitals affiliated with CommonSpirit have been affected by a data breach involving the Chicago-based hospital chain's October ransomware incident. None of the affected hospitals appear to have filed a breach report with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Who here thinks your network or environment will become more complex next year?" a cybersecurity veteran asked the audience at Black Hat Europe this week in London. As attackers' capabilities continue to improve, Jeff Moss said defenders must learn to succeed or fail faster.
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...
A ransomware attack on a New Zealand third-party managed IT service provider affected several government agencies across the country - including the Ministry of Justice and the national health authority. Investigations are ongoing to determine the incident's full impact.
The prospect of attackers using voice impersonation, deepfake technologies and misinformation against healthcare sector entities is a serious threat that entities need to be closely monitoring, says Dave Summit, vice president of cybersecurity at Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute.
Ransomware lies behind the ongoing outage of hosted Exchange services at Rackspace, the company disclosed in a Tuesday update. The company did not disclose any particular ransomware actor. It told federal regulators that the outage is likely to create a financial loss.
Cyberattacks have become so common and so costly that it may feel like the criminals behind them will never be caught. But in recent months, we’ve seen a significant uptick in the number of arrests made—with higher penalties than ever before.
Brian Krebs has reported on some of these arrests over the past few...
Windows systems in Russia are being stalked by a new Trojan that purports to be ransomware but is really designed to wipe PCs and leave them unrecoverable, security researchers say. Dubbed CryWiper, it's one of a number of wipers - mostly targeting Ukraine - seen in the wild this year.
A French hospital in the Parisian suburbs scrambled to respond to a weekend cyber incident by transferring patients, directing emergency cases elsewhere and bringing on additional staffers to observe patients. The incident does not appear to have spread beyond the Hospital Center of Versailles.
From the invasion of Ukraine to the conviction of a former Uber CISO and the Musk takeover of Twitter, it's been a watershed year for cybersecurity concerns. Veteran CISO David Pollino reflects on 2022 and looks ahead to the challenges - and opportunities - that await in 2023.
The U.S. federal government says the Cuba ransomware gang actively targets critical infrastructure and that its criminal efforts have netted it $60 million so far. The group has recently modified its techniques, says an alert from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Based on known ransomware attacks against the healthcare sector, here's good news: The volume of attacks seems to have declined, says Allan Liska, a principal intelligence analyst at Recorded Future. Unfortunately, most such attacks not only trigger downtime but include the theft of patient data.
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