Security experts recently investigated offers made by ransomware actors to buy network accesses on the darknet, shedding light on the criteria cyber criminals use when selecting target companies to blackmail with their maliciously encrypted data.
Tags: Email Security // Ransomware
A new ransomware campaign specifically targeting the encryption of enterprise servers has been discovered by security researchers. The technology employed by the criminals indicates the involvement of notorious cyber gangsters.
Tags: Email Security // Ransomware
A targeted ransomware attack has succeeded in encrypting the networks of at least two companies in Spain, with the impact extending far wider.
Tags: Email Security
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued an alert on a new wave of Gandcrab ransomware attacks.
Tags: Attachment Blocker // Email Security // Ransomware
Fake job application emails are currently doing the rounds in Germany, which infect windows PCs with ransomware, encrypt files and try to blackmail users into paying ransom.
Tags: Email Security // Ransomware
Without shouting it from the rooftops in advance, Microsoft has built in a practical safeguard against ransomware in the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10.
Tags: Email Security // Patient Zero Detection
In 2016 the number of blackmail attacks by means of software multiplied strikingly. And ever more often such “ransomware” is now aiming to squeeze money out of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Tags: Email Security // IT-Security // Ransomware
The Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (BHT) is currently cut off from the digital world. Both website and email server at the German capital’s second largest university of applied sciences have been disconnected after falling victim to hackers.
Tags: Email Continuity // Email Security // Ransomware
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Tags: Business Email // E-Mail // Email Security // Events
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US telecommunications conglomerate Verizon recently published the 16th edition of its annual Data Breach Intelligence Report (DBIR), which includes input from numerous companies and organizations around the world in addition to Verizon’s own data. The report takes into account around 16,000 incidents, of which 5,200 are classified as confirmed security breaches.
The global expenditure on IT security services and solutions is anticipated to rise to 219 billion US dollars this year, according to an IDC forecast. This would represent a rise of 12.1 percent over 2022, and similar levels of growth are projected for the years that follow.
Specialist insurers Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) have released the results of their “Allianz Risk Barometer” survey for 2023. The 2,712 participating risk management experts have once again identified cyber threats as posing the biggest risk to the business their companies are conducting. Cybercrime is believed to cost the world economy more than a trillion dollars annually – roughly one percent of global GDP.
Tags: Email Security // Risk Management
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) published its report “Die Lage der IT-Sicherheit in Deutschland 2022” (The State of IT Security in Germany 2022) at the end of October, which unsurprisingly also focuses on the war in Ukraine.
Tags: BSI
IBM has released its annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report” for the 17th time. As in previous years, the data was collected independently by the market researchers at the Ponemon Institute. In over 3,600 interviews, employees at more than 550 companies were surveyed on data breaches occurring between March 2021 and March 2022 – in 17 countries and across 17 sectors.
Tags: Email Security // Phishing
Microsoft actually intended to block all macros by default from the beginning of this year. Now the company has made a sudden U-turn. This is how you can protect your users all the same.
Tags: Email Security // Microsoft Office
The Austrian state of Carinthia made headlines earlier this year when it fell victim to a ransomware attack. In the meanwhile, the forensic investigations have been concluded. Once again, it was a phishing email that paved the way for the hackers.
Tags: Phishing
UK-based specialist insurer Hiscox recently released its “Cyber Readiness Report 2022”. One key outcome: Phishing emails are still the main gateway by which cyber criminals gain access to company networks.
Tags: Email Security // Phishing
Insurance giant Allianz has just released its Risk Barometer 2022. In this 11th annual edition of the survey, companies across the globe have identified cyber threats, business interruption, and natural disasters as this year’s biggest business risks.
Tags: Allianz // Cybervorfälle // Risk Management
The destruction of the Emotet infrastructure has unfortunately only been temporary. Bots are once again sending deceptive, well-made emails appearing to be from colleagues.
Tags: Email Security // Emotet // Malware