Welcome back to another episode of The 443 – Security Simplified. This week, we cover a cryptocurrency heist, a déjà vu breach, the latest in attacks targeting Managed Service Providers, and a state supreme court ruling impacting privacy. … [Read more...]
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2020 Security Predictions: Ransomware Targets the Cloud
Ransomware is now a billion-dollar industry for hackers, and over the last decade we’ve seen extremely virulent strains of this malware wreak havoc across all types of businesses. As with any big-money industry, ransomware will continue to evolve in order to maximize profits. In 2020, we believe ransomware will focus on the cloud. Recently, untargeted “shotgun blast” … [Read more...]
Big Healthcare Provider Unprepared For Ransomware Hit
As reported by Tuscaloosa News, the three hospitals in Alabama recently hit with ransomware failed in their security and their response to the incident. While we don't know about the surrounding circumstances, the hospitals did receive a decryption key to recover their data – a decryption key they likely received by paying the attacker’s ransom. Based off what we know, these … [Read more...]
Ransomware Hits The Top Three Most Concerning Risks For CEOs
In a recent report by Marsh (an insurance consultancy) and Microsoft, 79% of CEOs list cyber attacks in the top five risks in their company, overtaking economic concerns between 2017 and today by a wide margin. We consistently see the results of cyber attacks and data dumps, and couldn’t agree more. One only needs to look at the cost for a ransomware attack to understand why … [Read more...]
Lone Star Ransomware
This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we cover the latest ransomware attack targeting local governments, a new password protection feature being added to Google Chrome, and the latest tricks attackers are using to spam and phish. … [Read more...]
