IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

WIRED

More than two months after the start of a ransomware debacle whose impact ranks among the worst in the history of cybersecurity, the medical firm …

Harvard Business Review

Ransomware gangs succeed because they most often exploit remarkably simple vulnerabilities in software that is the foundation for the essential …

StateScoop

Weeks after a ransomware attack that hit the Solano County, California, public library system, disruptions have cropped up again, downing phones, …

HealthLeaders Media

The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web.

International Association of Privacy Professionals

A report by Coveware found only 28% of companies paid ransomware groups in the first quarter of 2024.

The Record by Recorded Future

A “substantial proportion of people in America” had their personal information accessed during the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February, …

TechTarget

Mandiant's M-Trends 2024 report found that adversary dwell time reached a new low in 2023 but warned ransomware activity is on the rise.

JD Supra

A spate of recent ransomware attacks illustrates the increasingly difficult calculations that businesses face following the theft or encryption of …

Law360

Companies are becoming more adept at fending off and responding to a steady stream of ransomware attacks, but hackers' ability to continue to …

CSO Online

Cybercriminals subsequently loitered on the US health provider's systems for nine days before stealing data and launching a ransomware attack, …