ESET Discovers UEFI-Compatible HybridPetya Ransomware
ESET Research has discovered a HybridPetya bootkit and ransomware uploaded from Poland to the malware-scanning platform VirusTotal. The sample is a copycat of the infamous...
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Sophos: Half Of The UAE Businesses Opt To Pay Ransom
Sophos released its sixth annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries that studies the impact of ransomware...
ESET Reveals Ransomware Group Embargo Uses Toolkit to Disable Security Solutions
ESET researchers have discovered new tooling leading to the deployment of Embargo ransomware. Embargo is a relatively new group in the ransomware scene, first observed...
ESET Researchers Reveal CosmicBeetle Spreading Ransomware
ESET researchers have mapped the recent activities of the CosmicBeetle threat group, documenting its new ScRansom ransomware being deployed and discovering connections to other well-established...
Ransomware Payments Increase 500% In The Last Year: Sophos
Sophos has released its annual “State of Ransomware 2024” survey report, which found that the average ransom payment has increased 500% in the last year....
Four Out Of Five Attacks Targeted In Nature
Positive Technologies has analyzed the relevant cyberthreats of Q2 2023. According to the report, the number of targeted attacks increased by 10% since the beginning of the year, now standing at 78%. Experts...
Sophos Uncovers New Connections Between Hive, Royal, And Black Basta Ransomware
Sophos has released new findings into the connections between the most prominent ransomware groups this past year, including Royal, in its report, “Clustering Attacker Behavior...
Ransomware Attacks Have Doubled Across Key Industries
Barracuda Networks published its fifth annual Threat Spotlight on ransomware. The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2022 and July...
Menlo Security Unveils AI-Powered Phishing And Ransomware Protection
Menlo Security has announced HEAT Shield and HEAT Visibility, the industry’s first suite of threat prevention capabilities designed to detect and block highly evasive threats...
Education Sector Reports The Highest Rate Of Ransomware Attacks
Sophos has released a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2023,” which found that education reported the highest rate of ransomware...
Crypto Crime Down 65% But Ransomware Headed For Huge Year
The outlook of global crypto markets, which have been recovering well this year with the prices of digital assets like Bitcoin up over 80% as...