[ad_1] Oregon DEQ won’t say if ransomware group took employee data in cyberattack Published 11:49 am Monday, April 28, 2025 By Gosia Wozniacka, The Oregonian This June 2017 photo shows the headquarters of Oregon’s Driver and Motor Vehicles Division in Salem.  The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Friday declined to confirm or deny reports...Read More

[ad_1] Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) have discovered post-compromise exploitation of a zero-day elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) against a small number of targets. The targets include organizations in the information technology (IT) and real estate sectors of the United States, the...Read More

[ad_1] Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief:  Ransomware attacks surged 69% in the global education sector for the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year.  Some 81 ransomware incidents — both confirmed and unconfirmed — hit education...Read More

[ad_1] Cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat groups exploited vulnerabilities and initiated ransomware attacks with vigor last year, escalating the scope of their impact by hitting more victims and outmaneuvering defenses with speed. The rate of ransomware detected in data breaches jumped 37%, occurring in 44% of the 12,195 data breaches reviewed in Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach...Read More

[ad_1] The ransomware threat continues to plague organizations of all types and sizes. The SANS Institute reported a 73% increase in ransomware activity between 2022 and 2023, and Corvus Insurance identified 55 new ransomware groups in 2024. Preparation for a potential ransomware attack should be a priority. Take stock of existing cybersecurity controls and...Read More

[ad_1] Rhysida Ransomware gang claims the hack of the Government of Peru Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2025 The Rhysida Ransomware gang claims the hack of the Government of Peru, the gang breached Gob.pe, the Single Digital Platform of the Peruvian State. The Rhysida ransomware gang claims responsibility for hacking the Government of Peru, breaching Gob.pe,...Read More

[ad_1] By SentinelOne Updated: April 13, 2025 Ransomware is malware that encrypts files and demands ransom for the decryption. This malware has become one of the most rampant forms of cybercrime encountered nowadays. Its nature and scope have grown dramatically over the past decade in terms of sophistication and scale-with ransom demands pouring in billions...Read More

[ad_1] Ransomware is everywhere. This disruptive malware infiltrates and disrupts everyone and everything from healthcare organizations to schools, retailers and energy distribution pipelines. But do you know how ransomware finds its way onto its victims’ systems? Or how it could get into your systems? One of the keys to preventing ransomware is knowing how...Read More

[ad_1] From 6-8 May, 25,000+ cybersecurity experts will gather at the Middle East and Africa’s largest cybersecurity event to secure the region’s digital future against deepfake scams and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / ACCESS Newswire / May 3, 2025 / With AI-driven cybercrime and ransomware attacks surging globally, GISEC Global 2025 returns...Read More

[ad_1] A Yemeni national, Rami Khaled Ahmed, aged 36, has been indicted by federal authorities in the Central District of California for allegedly orchestrating a cyberattack campaign using Black Kingdom ransomware to extort victims, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Ahmed is accused of deploying Black Kingdom malware on approximately 1,500 computer systems across the...Read More