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Unpatched Vulnerabilities: The Most Brutal Ransomware Attack Vector

Unpatched Vulnerabilities: The Most Brutal Ransomware Attack Vector

Research Desk Oct 07, 2024

To deploy a ransomware attack, adversaries must first gain access to a victim’s corporate environment, devices, and data. Threat actors typically use two main approaches to gain entry: logging in us...

Why Are Targeted Ransomware Attacks So Successful?

Why Are Targeted Ransomware Attacks So Successful?

Insights Desk Sep 02, 2024

Highlights: Cybercriminal gangs use public relations tactics like press releases to build a strong image, increasing victim fear and urgency to pay the ransom. While zero-day vulnerabilities a...

Why are targeted ransomware attacks so successful?

Why are targeted ransomware attacks so successful?

Research Desk Jul 24, 2024

Over the past five years, there has been an unmistakable shift in the ransomware landscape. No longer are scattered gangs of disorganized actors carrying out mass ransomware campaigns, simply tryin...

LoanDepot, a Mortgage Lender Falls Prey to Suspected Ransomware Attack

LoanDepot, a Mortgage Lender Falls Prey to Suspected Ransomware Attack

Insights Desk Jan 09, 2024

Highlights: As of now, no ransomware group has taken credit for the attack, but that could very well change in the days ahead. The timing of the attack may also have legal repercussions becaus...

Halcyon and CISO Global Partner to Mitigate Extortion and Ransomware Attacks

Halcyon and CISO Global Partner to Mitigate Extortion and Ransomware Attacks

Insights Desk May 25, 2023

Highlights: According to the two organizations, ransomware is one of the biggest threats to enterprises, and there are few effective ways to safeguard endpoints and networks. The platform from...

Protecting Financial Services from Ransomware Attacks

Protecting Financial Services from Ransomware Attacks

Research Desk May 15, 2023

Ransomware attackers are notoriously opportunistic. According to the VMware Carbon Black 2021 Cybersecurity Outlook survey, 66 percent of security teams and IT professionals reported being targeted by...

LockBit Takes Responsibility for the Ransomware Attack on ION Group

LockBit Takes Responsibility for the Ransomware Attack on ION Group

Insights Desk Feb 03, 2023

Highlights: ION didn’t reveal the form of attack, but it has been added to the victims’ list on LockBit’s leak site. ION’s notable customers, such as Intesa Sanpaolo s.P.A. and ABN A...

How Zero Trust can Shield Ransomware Attacks

How Zero Trust can Shield Ransomware Attacks

Insights Desk Sep 28, 2022

Highlights: Zero Trust is a security model that authenticates, authorizes and validates users and endpoints continuously before they are given access to any application or data. With Zero Trus...

Ransomware Attacks Fall By 34% in Q2, But Experts Advocate Caution

Ransomware Attacks Fall By 34% in Q2, But Experts Advocate Caution

Insights Desk Jul 25, 2022

Highlights – Research has shown that 74% of IT decision-makers think that ransomware should be regarded as a subject of national security. The analysis also showed that the United States wa...

Detecting and Responding to a Ransomware Attack

Detecting and Responding to a Ransomware Attack

Research Desk Jul 07, 2022

Ransomware attackers are motivated entirely by money, and they go after your high-value data. If they gain control of it, through encryption or other means (93% of phishing attacks arrive by email), t...

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