Organizations should ready a comprehensive ransomware preparedness strategy ahead of time that is adapted depending upon the severity of an attack. Here are four steps leadership should follow in developing a ransomware response strategy.
As businesses navigate this new frontier, there are a number of key issues that they should consider, both for implementing their own cybersecurity protections, as well as adjusting expectations for government involvement in cyberattacks moving forward.
From leaking company data to ransomware, remote employees have created a host of new challenges for security professionals. So how can security professionals work to better protect their organizations?
In a sense, it is understandable why so much business and consumer coverage of tech security is driven by the latest high-profile breach. After all, good security that works and prevents malware and ransomware attacks does not generate headlines. However, to those of us active in information archiving and cloud security and who understand the blessings and dangers of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in the cloud, for example, it sure is maddening.
A new Digital Shadows report reveals Initial Access Brokers (IABs) have consolidated their role in the cybercriminal landscape and have now become a central figure in the Ransomware-as-a-Service business model.
It’s important that businesses understand that DDoS attacks aren’t just a blip on the radar; if not handled properly, they can be devastating to the long-term prospects of a business.
From the first half of 2020 to 2021, the average ransom demand made to Coalition policyholders increased nearly threefold, from $450,000 to $1.2 million per claim.
Two new ransomware groups - BlackMatter and Haron - have emerged this July 2021, soon after the sudden disappearance of top-tier ransomware threat actors DarkSide and REvil.
While the Kaseya, SolarWinds and other cyberattacks and global disruptors may appear dissimilar, having wildly varying causes and impacts, there is strategic value in considering them – and the supply chains they spread across – as a collective. Together, they represent a rapid learning opportunity for both adversaries and defenders – an open-source global weapons development program.
Ransomware attacks have been increasingly in the headlines—and reaching historic levels of impact with the recent Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya attacks. Findings from the State of Cybersecurity 2021, Part 2 survey report from ISACA in partnership with HCL Technologies show that 35% of respondents report that their enterprises are experiencing more cyberattacks, three percentage points higher than last year.
