A deceptive fake error attack vector, ClickFix, surged by over 500%, becoming the second most common attack method after phishing, and responsible for nearly 8% of all blocked attacks. SnakeStealer overtook Agent Tesla as the most detected infostealer, while ESET helped disrupt two major malware-as-a-service operations – Lumma Stealer and Danabot. Rivalries among ransomware gangs,...Read More
The NHS in England said earlier this year it was still dealing with blood supply issues a year later.
Some industry and government studies have suggested that delays caused by ransomware attacks in the delivery of healthcare have undoubtedly contributed to poorer patient outcomes, including those potentially leading to deaths, but specific hard...Read More
On-Demand webinar from Rubrik June 23, 2025 In this OnDemand webinar, we delve into the critical lessons learned from the latest ransomware threat targeting Amazon S3 buckets. We examined how this sophisticated threat actor leveraged vulnerabilities in cloud environments, highlighting the limitations of relying solely on S3 replication for data protection, and how...Read More
Upper Dublin Family Dentistry, which has locations in Willow Grove (Upper Moreland Township) and Elkins Park (Cheltenham Township), recently reported a ransomware attack and data breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, The HIPAA Journal reported. Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that restricts access to...Read More
Very few people could identify him. They didn’t even know his name, beyond the pseudonyms “Stern” and “Ben.” A recent international police operation has uncovered 36-year-old Vitaly Nikolayevich Kovalev, the leader of Conti, one of the largest cybercriminal networks in the world. He specializes in ransomware, a type of computer program that hijacks computers and...Read More
Ransomware attacks are escalating globally, with massive financial and societal impacts. In 2024, a Fortune 50 company paid a record $75 million ransom, while South African organisations face rising threats, including the June breach of the National Health Laboratory Service, which exposed 1.2 terabytes of sensitive data. Avinash Singh, a computer science lecturer at the...Read More
In addition to browser cookies, significant amounts of other sensitive information were also exposed. These include 18 billion user-assigned IDs, 1.2 billion session tokens, and various personal identifiers such as emails, names, and geolocation data – valuable assets for threat actors engaged in identity fraud or social engineering schemes. Source link .........................Read More
Redazione RHC : 26 June 2025 15:33 This is not the first time that a cyber attack has resulted in the loss of human lives.We had already discussed it in the article “I deferichò per il ransomware. I casi noto, le tendenze e il punto sull’Italia“, in which we analyzed the direct link between cyber incidents and...Read More
Cyberattacks have always been thought to be disruptive and expensive, but a horrific incident in the U.K. has highlighted the very real and deadly impact of cyber warfare on critical infrastructure. In a terrifying turn of events, a ransomware attack that disabled NHS blood services in London has now been directly connected to the death...Read More
