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Tag: Anti-Ransomware
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Webinar July 14th 2022: Ransomware Labs
by Cybereason Team •
Learn how ransomware behaves so you can better defend against it. Ransomware operations have transformed dramatically over the last few years from a small cottage industry conducting largely nuisance attacks to a highly complex business model …
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Cybereason vs. Black Basta Ransomware
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
The Black Basta ransomware is a new strain of ransomware discovered in April of 2022. Although active for just two months, the group already rose to prominence claiming attribution of nearly 50 victims as of the publication of this report.&nbs…
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Defending Against the Five Stages of a Ransomware Attack
by Anthony M. Freed •
The increasing sophistication of ransomware attacks is costing businesses more than ever. Our recently released report, titled Ransomware: The True Cost to Business Study 2022, revealed that 73% of organizations suffered at least one ransomwar…
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Webinar June 30th 2022: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed response….
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Webinar June 23rd 2022: Live Attack Simulation – XDR vs. Modern Ransomware
by Cybereason Team •
Throughout history, sometimes truth ends up being even stranger than fiction. Today’s parade of multi-million dollar ransomware payout headlines is no exception: cybercriminals and ransomware gangs are outgunning prevention tech and response s…
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Ransomware: What’s in a Name?
by Greg Day •
Back when I started in cybersecurity in the very early 1990’s, one of the first threats I remember was a Boot Sector virus called Casino. Effectively, when triggered, it would delete the FAT (File Allocation Table)–think of this as the index t…
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Webinar June 2nd 2022: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed response….
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Cybereason vs. Quantum Locker Ransomware
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
The Quantum Locker is a ransomware strain that was first discovered in July 2021. Since then, the ransomware was observed used in fast ransomware attacks, in some cases even Time-to-Ransom (TTR) of less than 4 hours, leaving defenders little t…
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Webinar May 25th 2022: Organizations at Risk: Ransomware Attackers Don’t Take Holidays
by Cybereason Team •
Join us for this webinar as we delve into research findings about the risk to organizations from ransomware attacks that occur on weekends and holidays and how you can better prepare to defend against and respond to attacks designed to hit whe…
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Webinar May 19th 2022: Live Attack Simulation – XDR vs. Modern Ransomware
by Cybereason Team •
Throughout history, sometimes truth ends up being even stranger than fiction. Today’s parade of multi-million dollar ransomware payout headlines is no exception: cybercriminals and ransomware gangs are outgunning prevention tech and response s…
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Webinar May 12th 2022: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed response….
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The State of Ransomware in the Retail Sector
by Anthony M. Freed •
How many ransomware attacks did Retailers suffer in 2021? As reported by Infosecurity Magazine, the volume of ransomware attacks grew 105% between 2020 and 2021 to 623 million attack attempts. Much of this growth took place in the Public se…
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Ransomware Attacks: Can Cyber Insurance Protect Your Organization?
by Anthony M. Freed •
Cyber insurance premiums have increased significantly over the last few years. Just in October 2021, for instance, TechTarget shared how cyber insurance premiums had increased 50%, with some quotes jumping as high as 100%.
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Ransomware Attacks: Can Cyber Insurance Protect Your Organization?
by Anthony M. Freed •
Cyber insurance premiums have increased significantly over the last few years. Just in October 2021, for instance, TechTarget shared how cyber insurance premiums had increased 50%, with some quotes jumping as high as 100%.
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Webinar April 26th: Profile of the Dark Economy of Ransomware
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware operators have steadily become more sophisticated and more aligned with nation-state actors making ransomware an existential threat for enterprises.
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Webinar April 14th: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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Webinar April 14th: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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Webinar April 14th: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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The State of Ransomware in the Manufacturing Sector
by Anthony M. Freed •
How many ransomware attacks did the Manufacturing Sector suffer in 2021? According to research, 21% of ransomware attacks targeted manufacturing organizations in 2020, and it was a similar story in 2021.
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Webinar March 31st: Live Attack Simulation – XDR vs. Modern Ransomware
by Cybereason Team •
Throughout history, sometimes truth ends up being even stranger than fiction. Today’s parade of multi-million dollar ransomware payout headlines is no exception: cybercriminals and ransomware gangs are outgunning prevention tech and respons…
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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Prevent RansomOps Attacks
by Anthony M. Freed •
Ransomware attacks increased dramatically in both volume and sophistication throughout 2021. As reported by Help Net Security, researchers observed a 148% increase in global ransomware attacks through the third quarter (Q3) of 2021. This br…
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Threat Detection: Making the Complicated Simple Again
by Greg Day •
There are certain immutable things in cybersecurity; the volume of threats will only ever grow, the acceptable time for businesses to be offline will only get shorter. What is clear is the longer you are breached, the greater the potential …
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The Impact of Ransomware in the Healthcare Sector
by Anthony M. Freed •
How many ransomware attacks did the Healthcare sector suffer in 2021? In a recent survey of healthcare organizations, 34% of respondents indicated they had suffered a ransomware attack in 2021. The healthcare sector thereby fared better tha…
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What’s Next in the Evolution of Complex RansomOps?
by Anthony M. Freed •
Ransomware gangs introduced lots of new tricks in 2021. Some attack groups went beyond double extortion to impose even more pressure on their victims. With triple extortion, attackers began offering to sell victims’ data to competitors or i…
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Three Questions to Ask about Ransomware Preparedness
by Anthony M. Freed •
Ransomware operations, or RansomOps™, have evolved dramatically over the last few years, growing from a small subset of mostly nuisance attacks to a mature business model specialization and an increasing pace of innovation and technical sop…
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Shields Up: Is Your Ransomware Protection What It Should Be?
by Dan Verton •
The recent ‘Shields Up’ initiative from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an effort to warn businesses and critical infrastructure operators to prepare for cyberattacks coinciding with the imminent Russian invasio…
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Webinar March10th 2022: Live Attack Simulation – XDR vs. No-Macro RansomOps
by Cybereason Security Team •
Throughout history, sometimes truth ends up being even stranger than fiction. Today’s parade of multi-million dollar ransomware payout headlines is no exception: cybercriminals and ransomware gangs are outgunning prevention tech and respons…
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Cybereason vs. WhisperGate Wiper
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
As geopolitical tensions are escalating between Russia and Ukraine, the cyberwar that has been going on since 2013 recently had another round of escalation. For the last couple of months, there have been a wave of cyberattacks targeting Ukr…
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How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks at the Earliest Stages
by Anthony M. Freed •
Ransomware attacks are one of the most challenging threats organizations face today. At the same time, it is difficult, if not impossible, for private-sector Defenders to draw a clear distinction between attacks supporting nation-state geop…
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Cybereason vs. Lorenz Ransomware
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Lorenz is a ransomware strain observed first in February of 2021, and is believed to be a rebranding of the “.sZ40” ransomware that was discovered in October 2020. Lorenz targets organizations worldwide with customized attacks demanding hun…
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Cybereason vs. Lorenz Ransomware
by Cybereason Nocturnus •
Lorenz is a ransomware strain observed first in February of 2021, and is believed to be a rebranding of the “.sZ40” ransomware that was discovered in October 2020. Lorenz targets organizations worldwide with customized attacks demanding hun…
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Financial Services and the Evolving Ransomware Threat
by Anthony M. Freed •
There’s no doubt about it, ransomware attackers are increasingly targeting organizations in the financial services sector. As reported by Berkley Financial Specialists, financial institutions reported 635 ransomware-related events in the fi…
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Financial Services and the Evolving Ransomware Threat
by Anthony M. Freed •
There’s no doubt about it, ransomware attackers are increasingly targeting organizations in the financial services sector. As reported by Berkley Financial Specialists, financial institutions reported 635 ransomware-related events in the fi…
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Webinar February 24th 2022: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Security Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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Webinar February 24th 2022: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Security Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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Ten of the Biggest Ransomware Attacks of 2021
by Anthony M. Freed •
There were nearly 500 million ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021. As reported by Help Net Security, security researchers detected 190.4 million ransomware attempts in Q3 2021 alone, which brought the total volume of attacks up to …
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Five Ransomware Myths that Leave Businesses Vulnerable
by Anthony M. Freed •
In June 2021, The Washington Post identified five ransomware myths that could cloud organizations’ security strategies. It’s been a few months since the list was released, so Let’s see how those myths are looking as we launch into Q1 of 202…
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Webinar February 3rd 2022: Live Attack Simulation – Ransomware Threat Hunter Series
by Cybereason Security Team •
Ransomware has the potential to affect any organization with exposed defenses. The challenges presented by a multi-stage ransomware attack to large organizations with a mature security team in place are unique and require an informed respon…
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The State of Ransomware in the Public Sector
by Anthony M. Freed •
Government agencies have seen plenty of ransomware attacks over the course of this past year. According to ZDNet, malicious actors used ransomware to target government entities more than any other sector in H1 2021.