The rise in successful ransomware attacks is part of an increasingly challenging threat environment that has affected organizations across all sectors, including state and local government.
In this report 58% of local government organizations were hit by ransomware in 2021, up from 34% in 2020.
This is a 70%...
In 2022, 56% of lower education organizations and 64% of higher education organizations were hit by ransomware in the last year.
This is a considerable increase from the 44% of education respondents that reported an attack in our 2021 survey (based on 499 respondents across lower and higher education).
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The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses how Australian health insurer Medibank is deliberating on whether to pay a ransom to extortionists, analyzes the growing number of layoffs in the security vendor space, and shares a tribute to threat intelligence researcher Vitali Kremez.
A Japanese hospital in Osaka stopped offering anything but emergency care after hackers launched a Monday morning ransomware attack on the electronic medical records system. Hospital officials say the prospects of system recovery are not good.
The Biden administration-led International Counter Ransomware Initiative that includes three dozen countries and the European Union ended a two-day huddle at the White House, emerging to vow more data-sharing and anti-money laundering measures from cryptocurrency trading platforms.
Ransomware attacks pose the biggest cybersecurity threat to U.K. organizations, particularly hospitals and schools, the country’s National Cyber Security Centre warns. So far in 2022, 18 ransomware attacks have required nation-level coordinated efforts to mitigate the threats, it adds.
According to this report, the tangible returns from investments in MDR include:
90% reduction in time to detect high-risk threats that require investigation;
95% reduction in time to identifying the source of attack and type of threats;
Improved accuracy of detections.
With the increasing volume in...
Should Australia's Medibank health insurer pay extortionists to prevent the release of sensitive medical documents related to millions of Australians? There's no easy answer to remedying what is the most severe cybercriminal incident in Australian history.
One of many impactful ways organizations using MDR can benefit is reducing their time to detect and respond from typically 280 days to as little as a few minutes – thereby dramatically reducing the impact of an event.
This Infographic focuses on the top 5 reasons on why MDR should be the top priority for every...
A lot has been written on ransomware, but many organizations continue to react tactically to these attacks instead of with mindful intent.
The Splunk SURGe team utilized the scientific method in a controlled environment to measure the speed at which 100 samples of ransomware from 10 popular variants encrypted...
Many ransomware-wielding attackers - including big-name groups - have been collectively shooting themselves in the foot by resorting to "amateur" tactics, including decryptors that fail to decrypt as well as gangs re-extorting the same victims. Cue fewer victims opting to pay a ransom.
Fallout from the hack of Australian health insurer Medibank continues to worsen as the company twice this week acknowledged a wider set of affected individuals. Hackers had access to the personal data of 4 million individuals and significant amounts of health claims data.
Nearly one month after a ransomware attack on the nation's fourth-largest hospital network, CommonSpirit Health is still struggling to bring online the various IT systems - including electronic medical records, prescriptions and patient appointment scheduling - affected at many of its facilities.
One of Australia's largest private testing laboratories announced a data breach affecting 223,000 Australians. Ransomware-as-a-service group Quantum took credit for the incident, posting an 86-gigabyte file in June. "There is no evidence of misuse of any of the information," says Medlab Pathology.
Ransomware-wielding gang Vice Society, living up to its name, continues to test new strategies to take down more victims. If those bona fides aren't bad enough, the group has a predilection for hitting schools and threatening to dump stolen student data on its dedicated data leak site.
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