After a brief slowdown in activity from the LockBit ransomware gang following increased attention from law enforcement, LockBit is back with a new affiliate program, improved payloads and a change…
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Fighting Cyber Threats With Open-Source Tools and Open Standards
Detecting cyber threats is usually the first critical step in the mitigation of cyber attacks. Common means to achieve this goal are rules or analytics that track network and system…
Dissecting Sodinokibi Ransomware Attacks: Bringing Incident Response and Intelligence Together in the Fight
Ransomware actors are specializing, collaborating and assisting each other to conduct sophisticated attacks that are becoming increasingly difficult to prevent. Combating these groups effectively similarly requires a team approach —…
What Has Changed Since the 2017 WannaCry Ransomware Attack?
The cybersecurity world is still feeling the effects of the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack today. While the majority of the damage occurred in the weeks after May 12, 2017, WannaCry…
Reduce the Harm of a Data Breach With Data Security Analytics
Over the last year, the average total cost of a data breach increased nearly 10% to $4.24 million. That’s the highest average in the history of IBM Security’s annual Cost…
Red & Blue: United We Stand
Offensive and defensive security are typically viewed as opposite sides of the same fence. On one side, the offensive team aims to prevent attackers from compromising an organization, whereas on…
Pay Now or Pay Later: Don’t Procrastinate When It Comes to Preventing Ransomware
Data breaches like ransomware can be catastrophic for some businesses. Not only do affected organizations lose revenue from the downtime that occurs during the incident, the post-breach costs can be…
How Ransomware Trends Are Changing Cyber Insurance
The world of cyber insurance is in a state of flux. The reason: ransomware creates huge financial impacts. And how it will change insurance in the future is unclear. The…
Analysis of Diavol Ransomware Reveals Possible Link to TrickBot Gang
Ransomware has become the number one cyber threat to organizations, making up nearly 25% of attacks IBM X-Force Incident Response remediated in 2020. Ransomware is making headlines on a regular…
Analysis of Diavol Ransomware Reveals Possible Link to TrickBot Gang
Ransomware has become the number one cyber threat to organizations, making up nearly 25% of attacks IBM X-Force Incident Response remediated in 2020. Ransomware is making headlines on a regular…