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 Petya/NotPetya malware; however, it adds the capability of compromising
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 attacks on businesses. This year’s survey found that nearly 50% of companies globally paid the ransom
Ingram Micro today issued the following statement regarding an ongoing system outage, stating that it has recently identified ransomware on certain of its internal systems. Promptly after learning of the issue, the Company took steps to secure the relevant environment,
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 by ESET in June 2024. The new toolkit consists of a loader and an endpoint detection and response killer (EDR),
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 gangs. CosmicBeetle has been spreading ransomware to small and medium businesses (SMBs),
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. Organisations that paid the ransom reported an average payment of $2 million, up from $400,000 in 2023. However, ransoms are just one part of the cost. Excluding ransoms, the survey […]
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 noted large-scale attacks that exploited vulnerabilities and numerous leaks of users’ personal data. Furthermore, the period saw an increase in successful cyberattacks on blockchain projects and an upsurge in ransomware activity targeting IT companies. The report also […]
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 Reveals Hidden Patterns.” Over the course of three months beginning in January 2023, Sophos X-Ops investigated four different ransomware attacks, one involving Hive, two by Royal, and one by Black […]
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 2023. An in-depth look at ransomware trends Barracuda researchers analysed 175 publicly reported successful ransomware attacks across the world between August 2022 and July 2023, and in the primary categories […]
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 targeting users via the web browser. Menlo Security HEAT Shield detects and blocks phishing attacks before they can infiltrate the enterprise network. It uses novel, AI-based techniques – including computer […]
