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
Pro Hackers claim to steal personal data of over a billion people in China The attackers have reportedly offered to sell over 23 terabytes of data for 10 bitcoin 4 Jul
Pro LockBit 2.0 ransomware disguised as PDFs distributed in e-mail attacks Researchers have urged vigilance over compressed attachments sent under false pretenses 28 Jun
Pro Palermo ransomware attack: Vice Society claims responsibility as city details recovery strategy The Italian municipality is attempting to defy attackers by restoring its systems from backups 13 Jun
Pro Second ransomware group attacks Costa Rica The country’s health service has had its systems affected by the new attack 1 Jun
Pro Ransomware group Conti threatens to overthrow Costa Rican government It has urged citizens to go out onto the streets to demand their government pays the ransomware demand 18 May
Pro FBI warns Rust-based ransomware has breached over 60 organisations Agency issues alert warning that the new ransomware has impacted at least 60 global organisations since last November 25 Apr
Pro Ransomware activity falls 25% in Q1 2022 The drop in ransomware has been attributed to larger ransomware gangs being less active compared to the end of 2021 14 Apr
Pro AI helps stop ransomware attack at French hospital Ryuk had previously overthrown city councils and attacked over 200 US hospitals in 2021 14 Apr
Radio NCBI’s Kyran O’Mahoney on assistive technology Peak Dyson, ambitious hackers and a new approach to tech in the charity sector 1 Apr
Pro FBI: Ragnar Locker ransomware breached 52 US critical infrastructure orgs The news comes as three big cyber security vendors join hands to offer critical infrastructure organisations free security products and support 8 Mar
Pro Conti source code leaked by Ukrainian researcher Source code hits the public domain as fallout continues over ransomware group's support for Russia 3 Mar
Pro Conti ransomware gang data leaked by Ukrainian cyber researcher The data includes internal chat logs between members and affiliates of the group, unveiling their personal details, conflicts, and accusations 28 Feb
Life RDS hit by ransomware attack Breach occured on 8 February and affects commercial as well as personal data 15 Feb
Pro KP Snacks supply chain shut down by Conti ransomware attack Crippled IT systems are unable to process new orders "safely" and could be down until late March 4 Feb
Pro QNAP ransomware victims dealt double blow as firmware update hampers decryption Emisoft releases decryptor for victims while QNAP explains why and how it controversially auto-updated user’s products 2 Feb
Pro Simple Active Directory tweak helps block BlackMatter ransomware attacks Security researchers reverse engineer the infamous ransomware strain and discover a way to stymie its file encryption process, even if it reaches a... 10 Jan
Pro Coombe hospital suffers ransomware attack Extent of damage unknown as systems taken offline 16 Dec
Pro Cyber crime cost Irish economy €9.6bn in 2020 Ransomware attack cost more than doubles in seven-year period 24 Nov
Pro Thirty countries announce crackdown on ransomware payments Virtual Counter-Ransomware Initiative meeting at White House lays out plans 18 Oct
Pro Russia missing from US-organised international ransomware event US officials blame absence on host of reasons 14 Oct
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