ZDNet

Ransomware leak site reports rose by 49% in 2023, but there is good news

Unit 42 is the threat intelligence and response arm of Palo Alto Networks and has recently released its Ransomware Retrospective 2024: Unit 42 Leak Site Analysis. In the report, Unit 42 found a "49% ...
Dark Reading

A Cyber Insurer's Perspective on How to Avoid Ransomware

From the outside, it can be challenging to understand how cyber threats evolve, especially a threat as volatile as ransomware. For our Cyber Claims Report, we observe how claims change over time to ...
Seeking Alpha

Zscaler 2023 Ransomware Report Shows a Nearly 40% Increase in Global Ransomware Attacks

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (ZS) (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced the release of the 2023 ThreatLabz Ransomware Report. This year’s ...
THE WEEK

Data breaches increased in 2023 and with them, internet security concerns

As the world becomes ever more online, companies and individuals are trying to protect themselves from cyber criminals and bad actors who try to access their personal information. Despite this, ...
CoinDesk

Russian-Speaking Groups Responsible for Majority of Crypto Ransomware Attacks in 2023: TRM Labs

Illicit use of crypto for ransomware, drug sales, and sanction evasion was rife in Russia in 2023 according to a report by TRM Labs on Thursday. Russian-speaking ransomware groups were responsible for ...
JD Supra

First Financial Security Notifies Consumers of Data Breach Following October 2023 Ransomware Attack

On January 19, 2024, First Financial Security, Inc. (“FFS”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of California after discovering that the company was recently targeted in a ...
Accounting Today

Ransomware payments soared in 2023

Ransomware attacks grew larger in scope and more complex last year, resulting in record high payments that defied the previous year's lull. Processing Content A recent analysis from blockchain data ...
Bleeping Computer

Ransomware as a Service and the Strange Economics of the Dark Web

Ransomware is changing, fast. The past three months have seen dramatic developments among the ransomware ecosystem to include the takedown of LockBit’s ransomware blog, BlackCat exiting the ecosystem, ...
Crowdfund Insider

Ransomware Incidents Reported to UK’s FCA Doubled in 2023 – Research Report

Ransomware incidents reported to UK financial regulators doubled in 2023, according to an extensive update shared with CI. Picus submitted a Freedom of Information (FoI) request “to the UK Financial ...
The Economist

How ransomware could cripple countries, not just companies

IN OCTOBER CYBER-CRIMINALS hacked into the British Library, a storied institution in the heart of London, encrypted its data and demanded money in exchange for the key. Months later the library and ...
The Baltimore Sun

Medusa ransomware attacks increase as FBI and CISA issue advisory

Government officials sounded the alarm over the growing threat of ransomware attacks. The FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint cybersecurity advisory about ...