Security researchers have warned that a new ransomware group has taken an unusual twist on the traditional method of extorting money from its corporate victims.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Author: Graham Cluley
What's happening? Security researchers have warned that a new ransomware group has taken an unusual twist on the traditional method of extorting money from its corporate victims. So what's different this time? Whereas many ransomware attacks see a company's company's data exfiltrated by attackers, and the threat made that stolen data will be sold to other cybercriminals or released to the public, the Volcano Demon gang... Sorry, excuse me? Volcano Demon? Yes, that's the name of the ransomware gang. Can I continue? Sure. Go ahead. What are they doing? As I was saying... the Volcano Demon group...
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All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Mark Stockley of the brand-new "The AI Fix" podcast.
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More of Microsoft's clients are being warned that emails they exchanged with the company were accessed by Russian hackers who broke into its systems and spied on staff inboxes.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Car dealerships have been brought to a standstill across the United States after a software provider was hit by a ransomware attack.
The attack, believed to be by the BlackSuit ransomware gang, forced CDK Global, makers of a platform widely used by car dealerships to conduct their everyday business, to down its IT systems and data centers.
Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.
There's some possibly good news on the ransomware front.
Companies are becoming more resilient to attacks, and the ransom payments extorted from businesses by hackers are on a downward trend.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
There's some possibly good news on the ransomware front. Companies are becoming more resilient to attacks, and the ransom payments extorted from businesses by hackers are on a downward trend. That's one of the findings of insurance broker Marsh, which conducted an analysis of the more than 1800 cyber claims it received during 2023 from its clients in the United States and Canada. According to Marsh, ransomware attacks were linked to less than 20% of all claims made to the firm during the last year. Instead, claims were often driven by other factors. These factors include the "increased...
Four alleged members of the FIN9 cybercrime gang have been charged in relation to a series of hacks that caused over US $71 million of losses for companies across the United States.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Wikileaks's Julian Assange is a free man, deepfakes cause trouble in the playground, and we hear hot takes about ransomware and tales from inside a devastating denial-of-service attack.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Eleanor Dallaway.