Cybercrime is evolving fast, with the deployment of ransomware leading to high-profile breaches in recent years such as WannaCry and Petya. These attacks act as encouragement for hackers, and as a warning for companies across the globe.
This whitepaper offers a complete guide to ransomware attacks, asking if they really work, if you should pay, and best practices to stay vigilant.
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Microsoft and Cloudflare just took down a major phishing operationNews RaccoonO365’s phishing as a service platform has risen to prominence via Telegram
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Enterprises are concerned about ‘critical shortages’ of staff with AI ethics and security expertiseNews Tech leaders are reporting higher demand for AI literacy and “human skills”
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Cyber professionals are losing sleep over late night attacksNews Hackers are biding their time and launching attacks when businesses can’t respond
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Prolific ransomware operator added to Europe’s Most Wanted list as US dangles $10 million rewardNews The US Department of Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of Volodymyr Viktorovych Tymoshchuk, an alleged ransomware criminal.
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Jaguar Land Rover “did the right thing” shutting down systems to thwart cyber attackNews The attack on Jaguar Land Rover highlights the growing attractiveness of the automotive sector
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Ransomware attack on IT supplier disrupts hundreds of Swedish municipalitiesNews The attack on IT systems supplier Miljödata has impacted public sector services across the country
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A notorious hacker group is ramping up cloud-based ransomware attacksNews The Storm-0501 threat group is refining its tactics, according to Microsoft, shifting away from traditional endpoint-based attacks and toward cloud-based ransomware.
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Security researchers have just identified what could be the first ‘AI-powered’ ransomware strain – and it uses OpenAI’s gpt-oss-20b modelNews Using OpenAI's gpt-oss:20b model, ‘PromptLock’ generates malicious Lua scripts via the Ollama API.
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Data I/O shuts down systems in wake of ransomware attack
News Regulatory filings by Data I/O suggest the costs of dealing with the attack could be significant
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Average ransom payment doubles in a single quarterNews Targeted social engineering and data exfiltration have become the biggest tactics as three major ransomware groups dominate
