Tag: ransomware

Cohesity has found a worrying trend among businesses relying on ransomware payouts and cyber insurance as a solution to their cybersecurity weaknesses.

The OMB and the Office of the ONCD have presented their five cybersecurity budget priorities for federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2025.

A report by the US Treasury has found US financial institutions experienced nearly $1.2bn in costs associated with ransomware attacks in 2021.

A reliance on outdated technology is undermining how UK organisations respond to ransomware, according to research from data management company Cohesity.

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) revealed it received 649 complaints of ransomware attacks that had targeted critical infrastructure organisations last year.

A recent report by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found that while the number of mobile malware hacks declined last year, the attacks became more sophisticated.

A report by payments authentication and monitoring solutions provider Outseer has detailed a massive spike in global brand abuse attacks in the third quarter of 2021.

Research by Check Point Software has identified that weekly cyber-attacks reached an all-time new high in 2021 with 50% more attacks recorded than the previous year.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) claims it has fought off a record number of digital intrusions this year driven by a surge in ransomware.

The US government has put a $10m bounty on the cybercriminals who hacked the system of the Colonial Pipeline back in May of this year.