Pro Third of Irish business have paid a ransom in past year, says Expleo More than half of businesses have fallen victim to social engineering cyberattacks in the past year 23 Aug
Pro Ransomware victims are becoming less likely to pay up Risk and resillience management making ransomware less effective, profitable 24 Jun
Pro CVE exploits, stolen credentials fueled ransomware surge in 2023 Mandiant says brute force atacks, credential theftwere attack vectors in 40% of incidents 5 Jun
Pro Multiple botnets dismantled in largest-ever international operation against ransomware Operation Endgame to continue following a number of arrests, seizrures and searches across the world 30 May
Pro Remote-access tools the intrusion point to blame for most ransomware attacks Organisations using self-managed VPNs by Cisco and Citrix were 11 times more likely to experience a direct attack in 2023 20 May
Pro Think tank pushes back on ransom payment ban Institute for Security & Technology says blanket measures would discourage reporting 16 Apr
Pro Do ransomware attackers keep their word? Unit 42 report shows paying up not necessarily an end to hostilities 26 Feb
Pro IBM report finds ransomware persisted in 2022 despite improved detection Rate of monthly thread jacking attempts up 100% year-on-year 22 Feb
Pro Rubrik Cyber Recovery developed to take the uncertainty out of ransomware recovery Part of Rubrik Security Cloud, latest release increases cyber preparedness with simulated and live recovery capabilities 18 Nov
Pro Ransomware activity down 11% worldwide in Q3, but rise expected LockBit increased its share of the landscape even as attacks declined, while new groups have capitalised on the fall of Conti 21 Oct
Pro Canadian Netwalker ransomware affiliate faces 20 years in prison and $21.5m fine Hacker arrested in Quebec after a search revealed 719 Bitcoin and hundreds of thousands of Canadian dollars believed to be stolen funds 6 Oct
Trade One-quarter of Irish SMEs have paid multiple ransoms to cybercriminals Average cost of each ransom paid is €22,773 26 Sep
Pro Head of Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau to discuss ransomware threat at Ekco event Bureau warns business owners of increased threat of ransomware 2 Sep
Pro Calls for international support to fight ‘uncontrollable’ ransomware surge Rapidly growing internet penetration is outpacing implementation of appropriate cyber security standards while countries in Global South are excluded... 18 Aug
Pro Cisco Talos confirms data breach after ransomware gang ‘forces’ incident disclosure The attack has been attributed to an initial access broker linked to LAPSUS$ and the Yanluowang ransomware groups 11 Aug
Pro Decade-old malware strains top annual list of most pervasive business exploits Allied cyber security authorities say the most active strains of 2021 have been in operation for longer than five years, and are being constantly... 8 Aug
Pro European energy company and gas pipeline hacked by AlphV ransomware The ransomware gang responsible is also linked with the group that took down Colonial Pipeline a year ago 2 Aug
Life Economic downturn now perceived a bigger threat to business than ransomware Businesses are advised to conduct regular risk assessments and embrace the economic threat as an opportunity for growth 21 Jul
Pro Global ransomware activity surges again following a short decline in Q1 Researchers blamed the rise on a marked increase in activity from a select few prolific ransomware operations 18 Jul
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