Investing in cybersecurity and being prepared is a must for CEOs wanting to avoid costly attacks. Cybersecurity has become a major pain point for CEOs in 2024 as the number of incidents have gone up.
Scott Doerr, virtual CISO at Fortified Health Security, previews his upcoming HIMSS26 talk where he will provide a practical ...
Hackers use ransomware to go after every industry, charging as much money as they can to return access to a victim's files. It’s a lucrative business to be in. In the first six months of 2023, ...
Federal prosecutors have charged a pair of Iranian hackers with creating the SamSam ransomware, which helped the two collect about $6 million in Bitcoin ransom and caused about $30 million in damages ...
According to SonicWall’s 2023 Cyber Threat Report, ransomware has “been on a tear” for the past few years, growing 105 percent year over year in 2021. While the report found that attacks were down in ...
Why encrypted backups may fail in an AI-driven ransomware era ...
This upward spike in attacks indicates a greater number of cybercriminals and malware authors who are setting their sights on bigger targets, and as such, are creating ransomware attacks with a better ...
As we approach 2024, the evolving cybersecurity landscape will meet an intersection between innovation and vulnerabilities. I believe we will experience a significant leap in the sophistication of ...
A British cyber-expert who was hailed for helping end the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 has agreed to plead guilty to unrelated malware and hacking charges, NBC News reports. Marcus Hutchins ...
The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is now fighting against ransomware gangs through a mix of cyber and psychological warfare. After taking down its websites on the dark web, the NSA's ...
Six days before Christmas, the US Department of Justice loudly announced a win in the ongoing fight against the scourge of ransomware: An FBI-led, international operation had targeted the notorious ...