According to cyber threat professionals, every 11 seconds an organization falls victim to a ransomware attack. In today's interconnected world, cybersecurity looms as an ever-present concern that organizations can no longer afford to sideline. A 48% increase in cyber risk last year should serve as a wake-up call to all business managers. Whether a business pays hackers a ransom or not, there are significant costs involved which will include items such as digital forensics and data restoration,
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North Rhine-Westphalia Polizei reported on 06 March 2023, that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies and institutions for years, raking in millions of euros and US Dollars. Working with law enforcement partners including Europol, the US FBI and authorities in Ukraine, police in Duesseldorf said they were able to identify 11 individuals linked to a group that has operated in various guises since at least 2010.
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A cyber-attack on Britain’s NHS systems detected nearly two months ago is still "compromising" the quality of care trusts can provide, a health boss said. Software used for check-ins, notes and the NHS 111 service was affected by the ransomware attack found on 4 August 2022. The chief executive of Oxford Health Foundation Trust (OH) said it has done all it can to maintain services despite the disruption. Software provider Advanced said disruption could continue for weeks. The OH said it init
There was once an unwritten moral code among cyber hackers that they would never attack vulnerable businesses like health care. Well, those disingenuous hacker ethics are out the door; have been for awhile. After dealing with the hack of the UK’s NHS controlled ambulance service last week[1], malicious hackers are now holding an IT firm that supplies NHS ‘trusts’ to ransom following a cyber-attack. NHS trusts are public sector bodies established by parliamentary order through the UK Secretary
Activity Summary - Week Ending on 14 January 2022:
- Red Sky Alliance identified 24,345 connections from new IP’s checking in with our Sinkholes
- Microsoft IP’s in UK and N. Ireland hit
- Analysts identified 1,435 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
- Rook Ransomware
- More Log4j
- Ukraine Cyber Bust
- UK NHS
- Who’s Winning?
- Google Docs
- The Electric Grid’s Hot Wires
- BLM suing LAPD
Link to full report: IR-22-014-001_weekly014.pdf
