Europol has reported that there was a 300% increase in ransomware payments in the year 2019-2020 and cyber criminals are developing new techniques to make ransomware campaigns more effective and likely to result in a payout. “The use of traditional mass-distributed ransomware seems to be in decline and perpetrators are moving towards human-operated ransomware targeted […]
The total number of vulnerabilities associated with ransomware attacks is now 278, according to a new report from Ivanti. Meanwhile the sophistication, ambition and number of active ransomware groups is increasing. Five of the 12 most recently identified vulnerabilities are capable of remote code execution attacks and two are capable of exploiting web applications and […]
Source: Statista Informed Sauce is hosting an Infinidat-sponsored event in London on 2 December about protecting businesses from cyber crime. Short talks from the Metropolitan Police, a military-trained cyber threat expert and sponsor Infinidat’s EMEA Field CTO will be followed by a panel-led, room-wide moderated discussion, with plenty of opportunities for you to contribute your […]
Ransomware insurance protection is a new and somewhat unwelcome additional cost consideration for the UK’s small to medium-sized business sector. Driven by the pandemic, organisations have largely or at least partially moved to remote operations. This creates a problem for both insurer and insured. Adequate protection against cyber criminals is very much a moveable feast […]
A report from GoDaddy concludes that small businesses are just as likely to bit hit by a ransomware as larger enterprises, perhaps because the vast majority of their websites have no adequate security measures in place. More than a third of the companies they surveyed have been hit in the last year. 24% suffered financial […]
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are jointly investigating a “cyber incident” at a third party firm that handles the Labour Party’s data involving “a significant quantity” of information relating to party members which was “rendered inaccessible on their systems”. The Labour Party and the National Crime Agency are […]