Definitive guide to ransomware 2023
A guide to help rethink your defence against ransomware threats
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Shifting from traditional MDR to an AI-powered agentic SOCAs autonomous threats proliferate, relying on standalone AI tools is a major business risk. Here is how Arctic Wolf is setting the market standard to solve the AI trust problem
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Tokenmaxxing means FinOps is more important than everNews With firms facing surging AI bills, FinOps techniques are more important than ever
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Companies are still paying ransoms to cyber criminals despite official adviceNews A Proofpoint survey found evolving ransomware techniques and the use of AI is exacerbating the situation for victims
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This one cyber crime group accounted for nearly a fifth of all ransomware attacks in JuneNews The Gentlemen, a ransomware a service operator, now accounts for 17% of published attacks
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Working with the enemy: Ransomware negotiator-turned cyber criminal jailed after working with hackers to extort clientsNews Angelo Martino was supposed to be negotiating on behalf of victims, but was secretly working for ransomware operators
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Hackers are posing as Interpol to target small businesses – here's what you need to knowNews Small businesses are warned to think twice before clicking on links
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‘Every hour ransomware goes undetected drastically increases its potential blast radius’: Hackers are breaching networks and laying low for longer – and nearly half of firms don’t realize until data is stolenNews An ExtraHop survey found more intrusions are going undetected, leading to longer dwell times
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‘Traditional patching cannot keep pace’: Palo Alto Networks joins IBM’s Project Lightwell in bid to shore up software securityNews With traditional patching no longer able to keep pace with threats, the trio aims to create an automated "shield-and-fix" architecture
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Ransomware cartels are fragmenting into volatile splinter groups, warns Met Police cyber chiefNews Commoditized "cyber crime bazaars" and AI data mining are forcing law enforcement to rewrite its playbook
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New ransomware threat group, The Gentlemen, has become one of the most active ransomware operators, accounting for 10% of all attacksNews NTT researchers warn that the RaaS group is leveraging SystemBC malware to establish covert tunnelling, evade detection, and support rapid lateral movement across enterprise environments
